The Russian Futurist movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Futurism) first emerged in the early 20th century with the publication of a futurist manifesto, "A Slap in the Face of Public Taste" (http://www.391.org/manifestos/1912futurists_slapintheface.htm). The movement's core group was located in Moscow, but other groups soon formed in St. Petersburg, Kiev, Khakov and Odessa. In 1913, a Russian Futurist opera called "Victory Over the Sun", in which the sun is torn out of the sky and locked inside a concrete box, premiered in Luna Park, St. Petersburg. You can read more about it here: http://www.ce-review.org/99/3/ondisplay3_hunter.html
The Russian Futurist movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Futurism) first emerged in the early 20th century with the publication of a futurist manifesto, "A Slap in the Face of Public Taste" (http://www.391.org/manifestos/1912futurists_slapintheface.htm). The movement's core group was located in Moscow, but other groups soon formed in St. Petersburg, Kiev, Khakov and Odessa. In 1913, a Russian Futurist opera called "Victory Over the Sun", in which the sun is torn out of the sky and locked inside a concrete box, premiered in Luna Park, St. Petersburg. You can read more about it here: http://www.ce-review.org/99/3/ondisplay3_hunter.html
See also: Stray Dog Cafe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Dog_Caf%C3%A9), St. Petersburg meeting place for famous writers and poets.