Ukrainian Gothic Portal
| Chief Editor | Vitaliy Stranger, Andrey Featon |
|---|---|
| Categories | Music and subculture magazine |
| Frequency | Trimestrial |
| Publisher | UGP |
| Paid circulation | 5,300 |
| Unpaid circulation | 700 |
| Total circulation | 6,000 (ABC January–June 2009) |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Language | Russian, Ukrainian, English |
| Website | http://gothic.com.ua |
Ukrainian Gothic Portal (abbr. UGP, Ukrainian: Український Готичний Портал) is a printed magazine, web-portal and promotion agency of gothic / dark / electro scene in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. UGP was established in 1999 on basis of unofficial closed subculture formation Kiev Gothic Clan (KGC) and was officially registered in 2000 on the domain gothic.com.ua. The founder and ideologist of UGP was the author of gothic-related publications, Vitaliy Stranger. In 2000–2005, UGP became one of the leading dark music-related agencies in Ukraine and Russia, covered by local and international press, organizing festival "Deti Nochi: Chorna Rada", publishing printed magazine "Gothica", releasing CDs on label "Tridens", making its own radio program and TV appearances.
Cooperation partners of UGP became such festivals as Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Castle Party, such magazines as Zillo, Orkus and other organizations in Europe. The aims of UGP were the creation, development and coverage of gothic / dark / electro scene in Ukraine and in all countries of ex-USSR as well as uniting scene-fans and admirers of respective aesthetics.
Among the most famous projects of UGP:
- Festival Deti Nochi: Chorna Rada (2000) is gothic/dark/electro event in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and other countries of ex-USSR
- Label Tridens Records (2003) is gothic/dark/electro studio in Ukraine
- Printed magazine Gothica (2006) is a Russian-language music magazine