s–70s, it spread its influence along a lengthy stretch of Gagarin Avenue, roughly from the Lenin Plant to the Palace of Sport and the Macaroni.
It was made up of working-class youth. The name, chosen "for show," mirrors that of the armed forces sent by Spanish dictator General Franco to fight against Soviet power.
The gang struck terror into ordinary residents, yet its main activity was not robbery but the organization of fistfighting bouts between working-class youths, held in Shveytsariya Park.
In the 1980s, or possibly the late 1970s, the founder of the movement was imprisoned after a fighter accidentally died in a bout, following which the organization's activity began to wane.
It is said that after returning from prison, he still occasionally coaches young people in secluded corners of the park, near the lifeguard post on the Oka.