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Underground publications in the Soviet bloc
Samizdat (Russian: самиздат, pronounced [səmɨzˈdat], lit. 'self-publishing'), also samvydav (Ukrainian: самвидав), was a form of dissident activity across
Samizdat
Topics referred to by the same term
Samizdat is the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed literature or other media in Soviet-bloc countries. Samizdat may also refer
Samizdat_(disambiguation)
1991 novel by Anne McCaffrey
Generation Warriors is a science fiction novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon, published by Baen Books in 1991. It concludes the
Generation_Warriors
1994 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
Interesting Times is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. It is the seventeenth book in the Discworld series and is set in the Aurient (a
Interesting_Times
Poetry magazine in Chicago
Samizdat was an international poetry magazine published in Chicago from 1998 until 2004 and edited by the poet Robert Archambeau. It was noted for its
Samizdat_(poetry_magazine)
Controversial book on open-source software
Samizdat: And Other Issues Regarding the 'Source' of Open Source Code is a 2004 report by Kenneth Brown. The report suggests that the Linux kernel may
Samizdat: And Other Issues Regarding the 'Source' of Open Source Code
Samizdat:_And_Other_Issues_Regarding_the_'Source'_of_Open_Source_Code
State control of mass communications in the USSR and its European satellites
Circumvention of dissemination controls occurred to some degree through samizdat and limited reception of western radio and television broadcasts. In addition
Eastern Bloc media and propaganda
Eastern_Bloc_media_and_propaganda
Country in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
than with building socialism. Underground dissident literature, known as samizdat, developed during this late period. In architecture, the Khrushchev era
Soviet_Union
1990s debate regarding the Linux kernel
This was a prelude to the pending publication of a book by Brown titled Samizdat: And Other Issues Regarding the 'Source' of Open Source Code. The book
Tanenbaum–Torvalds_debate
Serbian news station
B92 media network are B92.net web portal, B92 Fond humanitarian fund, Samizdat B92 book publisher and Rex cultural center. The most prominent person in
B92
Russian-American artist (1930–2019)
in Philology in 1959. He wrote poetry in Soviet Russia as part of the Samizdat movement, creating poems that were both visually and audibly artistic.
Henry_Khudyakov
Australian-American columnist and writer (born 1961)
2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024. Zito, Salena (27 February 2024). "New Samizdat Prize makes good journalism Real Clear". The Washington Examiner. Archived
Miranda_Devine
Czech poet, translator, and editor (1948–2016)
poet, translator, and editor. In the 1970s and 1980s he took part in the samizdat edition Texty přátel (Texts of Friends). From 1993–1997 he was the influential
Petr_Mikeš
Lithuanian-born Russian philosopher and cultural theorist
theorist. He is the author of numerous philosophical works that circulated in samizdat and made an impact on the liberal intelligentsia in the 1960s and 1970s
Grigory_Pomerants
Czech archival research library and organization
archival research library located in Prague, Czech Republic that collects samizdat and exile literature. The organization is maintained and run by Jiří Gruntorád
Libri_Prohibiti
Novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written 1928–1940
manuscript was first published as a book in 1967, in Paris, France. A samizdat version circulated that included parts cut out by official censors, and
The_Master_and_Margarita
Book by Aron Flam
series to a book that was published in August 2019 via his own publisher Samizdat Publishing. The cover of the book was designed by Tomas Arfert. During
Det_här_är_en_svensk_tiger
Book by Venedikt Yerofeyev
Venedikt Yerofeyev. Written between 1969 and 1970 and passed around in samizdat, it was first published in 1973 in Israel and later, in 1977, in Paris
Moscow-Petushki
1968–1982 periodical in the Soviet Union
romanized: Khronika tekushchikh sobytiy) was one of the longest running samizdat periodicals of the post-Stalinist Soviet Union. This unofficial newsletter
Chronicle_of_Current_Events
Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation
KOI8-R encoding (in Russian) Samizdat books and artist' books by Serge Segay, some with zaum and visual poetry Samizdat books and artist' books by Ry
Zaum
File-sharing website for publications
Soviet Russia and Soviet Union underground book sharing culture known as samizdat arose to illegally get around the tight censorship. As access to printing
Library_Genesis
Samizdat copies of Nabokov's works on display at Nabokov House in Saint Petersburg.
Vladimir_Nabokov_bibliography
American Orthodox monk and writer (1934–1982)
Russia itself, where his works were secretly reproduced and distributed by samizdat during the Communist era, remaining popular today. Rose's opposition to
Seraphim_Rose
Collection of self-published work reproduced by photocopying
doing so, samizdat and samizdat allowed individuals to challenge dominant ideologies and powers, serving as a form of political resistance. Samizdat, in a
Zine
Soviet Union musical band
medlenno uchilsya zhit 1984 samizdat; re-released in 2020 Alliance-87 / Get a fire «Альянс-87» / «Дайте огня» Dayte ognya 1987 samizdat; re-released in 2018
Alyans_(band)
Religious text by Daniil Andreyev
Andreev Language Russian Genre Religious philosophy Esotericism Publisher Samizdat (self–publishing) Prometheus (legal publisher) Publication date 1958 (self–publishing)
Rose_of_the_World_(1991_book)
Ginzburg, Alexey Dobrovolsky and Vera Lashkova for their involvement in samizdat publications. The trial took place in Moscow City Court on January 8–12
Trial_of_the_Four
Unix-like operating system
progressed, MINIX code was gradually phased out completely. In his 2004 book, Samizdat, Kenneth Brown of AdTI claimed that much of the Linux kernel was copied
Minix
Russian author (1884–1937)
poverty in Paris. After his death, Zamyatin's writings were circulated in samizdat and continued to inspire multiple generations of Soviet dissidents. Zamyatin
Yevgeny_Zamyatin
Soviet writer and dissident
dissident. For his political activities, such as founding and editing samizdat almanac Phoenix, he was incarcerated in prisons, camps and forced treatment
Yuri_Galanskov
Czech writer and journalist (1926–2015)
and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto
Ludvík_Vaculík
1959–1961 period of ethnic violence in Rwanda
Mutiny Protest Rebellion Resistance Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Riot Samizdat Strike action Tax resistance Terror Examples English American Brabant Liège
Rwandan_Revolution
Burmese poet
Institute of Technology, where he became a founder member of a campus-based samizdat poetry circle. He was detained in 1996 for his involvement in the December
Ko_Ko_Thett
Russian human rights activist, reporter, and interpreter
distributing banned literature or samizdat. Nearly a decade later, in 1984, Mironov was arrested for distributing samizdat and for his contacts with foreigners
Andrei_Mironov_(activist)
Russian writer (1938–2020)
August 1938 – 20 October 2020) was a Russian writer who founded the Soviet samizdat journal Veche (Assembly). The journal is considered to be an important
Vladimir_Osipov
1976 Russian-language novel by Sasha Sokolov
The first draft of the book was completed in 1973 and distributed via samizdat. In 1975 a manuscript was submitted to Ardis Publishing and it was published
A_School_for_Fools
Online database of otherwise inaccessible content
Many shadow libraries originate in Russia, which has a rich history of samizdat stemming from the Soviet era. There was strict state censorship and control
Shadow_library
Serbian writer
knjiga, 2001, Samizdat B92, 2005, Laguna, 2019) Đavo je moj drug (The Devil Is a Friend of Mine, a novel) (Narodna knjiga, 2002, Samizdat, 2005, Laguna
Marko_Vidojković
Russian mathematician (1924–2009)
mathematician, Soviet dissident, philosopher, Samizdat translator and writer. He used various pseudonyms for Samizdat, like N. A. Klenov, A.B. Nazyvayev, D.A
Abram_Ilyich_Fet
Soviet and Russian opposition activity
Mayakovsky Square also began publishing unofficial poetry in the first samizdat ("self-published") journals. They published their own poems but also those
Mayakovsky Square poetry readings
Mayakovsky_Square_poetry_readings
Rapid and fundamental political change
Mutiny Protest Rebellion Resistance Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Riot Samizdat Strike action Tax resistance Terror Examples English American Brabant Liège
Revolution
Political essay by Václav Havel
petition Charter 77. Officially suppressed, the essay was circulated in samizdat form and translated into multiple languages. It became a manifesto for
The_Power_of_the_Powerless
Canyon on the border between New York, USA and Ontario, Canada
July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011. "Erosion at Niagara Falls". Samizdat (samizdat.qc.ca). Retrieved 21 August 2011. Excerpt from Ian T. Taylor, In the
Niagara_Gorge
American freelance journalist and author
American mental health crisis. In 2025, she was awarded the RealClearPolitics Samizdat Prize, alongside Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, and Jonathan Turley. WPATH
Abigail_Shrier
Ukrainian writer, human rights activist, and Soviet dissident (1949–2023)
introduced to the samizdat of Vasyl Symonenko in 1965, while studying at philology at Kyiv State University. He helped to propagate samizdat as a student and
Vasyl_Ovsienko
President of Russia from 1991 to 1999
published in the country and also claimed to have read an illegally printed samizdat copy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago. Many of his concerns
Boris_Yeltsin
Opposition to the Chinese government
prompted expressions of anti-Chinese sentiment in the Russian dissident samizdat movement. "Anti-CCP" can be used in a similar sense to "anti-PRC" due to
Anti–People's Republic of China sentiment
Anti–People's_Republic_of_China_sentiment
Underground recorded music distribution in the Soviet Union
were not commercially available in the Soviet Union. It is analogous to samizdat, the method of disseminating written works that could not be officially
Magnitizdat
Non-profit foundation
foundation, legally established in 1969 in Amsterdam, dedicated to publish samizdat manuscripts from dissidents in the former Soviet Union in the original
Alexander_Herzen_Foundation
Printing business process
self-publishing companies Offset printing Predatory open access publishing Samizdat Self Publish, Be Happy Self publishing Small press Vanity press Variable
Print_on_demand
Phoenix was a samizdat literary magazine published by Yuri Galanskov in 1960 and 1966. The magazine was founded by Galanskov and Alexander Ginzburg. Only
Phoenix_(literary_magazine)
Czech musician and author
religious magazine Kostnické jiskry. He also published in samizdat editions. The only one solo samizdat was his Svědkové (Witnesses, 1978). He prepared another
Vratislav_Brabenec
Ukrainian poet
November 1968) was a Ukrainian poet in 1960s (Sixtiers movement), the Samizdat representative. Hryhoriy Tymenko was born in 1945 in Protsiv village, Boryspil
Hryhoriy_Tymenko
Literary analysis
Russian translations of The Lord of the Rings circulated secretly as samizdat and were published only after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but then
Translating The Lord of the Rings
Translating_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
First Gulag prison camp
The Solovki special camp (later the Solovki special prison), was set up in 1923 on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea as a remote and inaccessible
Solovki_prison_camp
Soviet physicist (1940–2011)
political prisoners in the Soviet Union. He was the author/editor of several samizdat publications while in the Soviet Union, which were compiled in the book
Andrei_Tverdokhlebov
distribution of samizdat, i.e. self-published books and magazines that were banned by the Soviet state. Possession of even a single samizdat manuscript, such
Censorship in the Soviet Union
Censorship_in_the_Soviet_Union
Russian poet (1919–1979)
January 1919 – 1 October 1979) was a Soviet Russian poet who coined the term samizdat. Glazkov was born in the village of Lyskovo, in what is now Nizhny Novgorod
Nikolay_Glazkov
1977 civic initiative in Czechoslovakia
government, and the original document was confiscated, copies circulated as samizdat and on 7 January were published in several western newspapers, including
Charter_77
New religious movement based on pre-Christian Slavic beliefs
indigenous religion formed as a wing of the predominantly Orthodox Christian samizdat nationalist journal Veche (1971–1974). The first manifesto of Russian Rodnovery
Slavic_Native_Faith
Dynasty of the Goths
at the University Press, 1971. Jordanes (12 November 2013). The Origin and Deeds of the Goths. B & R Samizdat Express. p. 551. ISBN 978-1-4554-3671-2.
Amal_dynasty
Soviet music journal
Roksi (Russian: Рокси, sometimes anglicized as Roxy) was a Soviet rock samizdat journal founded in 1977. It published 15 issues between 1977 and 1990.
Roksi_(periodical)
Russian airline
Ivanov. Aviation dying but not surrendering at Maxim Moskow's Zhurnal Samizdat Archived March 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Wikimedia Commons has media
Komiavia
2018–2019 protests and political upheaval
Mutiny Protest Rebellion Resistance Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Riot Samizdat Strike action Tax resistance Terror Examples English American Brabant Liège
Sudanese_revolution
1968 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
prominent political and free-thought overtones in the novel. It circulated in samizdat, and in 1972 was published without the authors' permission abroad, in the
The_Ugly_Swans
Russian philosopher, theologian and dissident (1947–2025)
about Women, the feminist journal founded and edited by Tatyana Mamonova samizdat, as well as a founder of the Mariia club. Tatiana Mikhailovna Goricheva
Tatiana_Goricheva
Concept in Marxist theory
Mutiny Protest Rebellion Resistance Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Riot Samizdat Strike action Tax resistance Terror Examples English American Brabant Liège
Permanent_revolution
Person who participates in or advocates for a revolution
Mutiny Protest Rebellion Resistance Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Riot Samizdat Strike action Tax resistance Terror Examples English American Brabant Liège
Revolutionary
Russian painter
poetry. He was an author in samizdat journal "Nomer". In 1974, he moves to Yeysk with his wife. They start publishing samizdat journal Transponans in 1979
Serge_Segay
Slovak general (1906–1945)
Bratislava, p. 46 (in Slovak) Jablonický, J., 2004, Samizdat o odboji. Štúdie a články. 1. (Samizdat about resistance. Articles and studies. 1) Kalligram
Ján_Golian
Baltic independence movements (1987–1991)
Mutiny Protest Rebellion Resistance Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Riot Samizdat Strike action Tax resistance Terror Examples English American Brabant Liège
Singing_Revolution
Organization
Print-it-Yourself (Hungarian: Nyomtass te is!) is a samizdat-type of publication from Hungary. It was launched in response to the Hungarian government's
Print-it-Yourself
South Africa magazine
alternative publications, before disappearing sometime in 1987. Kagenna Alternative Press Alternative Media Underground Press Samizdat Self publishing
Vula
Russian poet, translator and civil rights activist
by the time she quit the USSR in 1975; the rest circulated privately (samizdat) or were published abroad (tamizdat). From 1968 onwards Gorbanevskaya was
Natalya_Gorbanevskaya
Russian-American poet and mathematician
total of six years incarcerated for anti-Soviet agitation for publishing samizdat. Esenin-Volpin was exiled to the United States in 1972 and worked as a
Alexander_Esenin-Volpin
Media company in Singapore
2019. "Why did SPH restructure? Umbrage, COVID-19 and SGAG". Singapore Samizdat. 27 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May
SPH_Media
Period in the 18th century
Mutiny Protest Rebellion Resistance Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Riot Samizdat Strike action Tax resistance Terror Examples English American Brabant Liège
Age_of_Revolution
High bureaucrats/ruling class in Eastern Bloc countries
ISBN 0-385-17657-0. Russian original was written in 1970, distributed by samizdat, and eventually printed as Восленский М.С., Номенклатура. Господствующий
Nomenklatura
Russian-born German poet (1944–2026)
literary circles during the 1960s and early 1970s. He wrote his poet in samizdat. In 1975, he emigrated to Germany, there, he still continued his career
Boris_Shapiro_(poet)
Czech poet, novelist, musician, and journalist (born 1962)
and early '80s. In 1982, he cofounded the samizdat magazine Violit, and in 1985 Revolver Revue, a samizdat review that specialized in modern Czech writing
Jáchym_Topol
Underground publishing operations in Poland during World War II and the communist regime
Bloc, bibuła published until the collapse of communism was known also as samizdat (see below). In the 19th century in partitioned Poland, many underground
Polish_underground_press
House where Vladimir Nabokov was born
Nabokov on his book The other shores Butterflies collected by Nabokov Samizdat books by Nabokov made in Russia List of museums in Saint Petersburg Isaeva
Nabokov_House
Romanian writer and historian (1921–1993)
he played a part in rescuing Caietul albastru ("The Blue Notebook"), a samizdat work by Balotă, which the latter had discarded in Gara de Nord while pursued
Ion_Negoițescu
Russian Catholic religious sister and translator (1882–1936)
defiance of censorship in the Soviet Union, circulated their translations as Samizdat. Despite their mass arrest in November 1923, this sisters community has
Anna_Abrikosova
Novel by Lyudmila Ultiskaya
entanglement with samizdat and anti-Soviet behavior. Having no other options, Mikha begins to work with Ilya creating and distributing samizdat for international
The_Big_Green_Tent
American author, actor, and humorist (born 1971)
School and Brookline High School, where he edited the underground magazine Samizdat, named for the grassroots dissident publishing movement produced under
John_Hodgman
Person who actively challenges an established political or religious system
authority of the communist party. Writers for the non-censored, non-conformist samizdat literature were criticized in the official newspapers. Soon, many of those
Dissident
16th and 17th-century English poet, playwright, and religious writer
priest named Thomas Wright, the author, among many other volumes, of the samizdat book Passions of the Mind. Instead, "Wright by the force of his reasoning
William_Alabaster
Czech filmmaker (born 1934)
Society in Czechoslovakia, Le-La, Genf Prague 1983, samizdat Otevřená hra / Open Game, Prague 1979, samizdat Le-La 11, 12 (dedicated to the Surrealist Society
Jan_Švankmajer
Podcast by Pineapple Street Studios
drug smuggling. The series discusses how music was often distributed via samizdat cassettes in the USSR. Radden Keefe hinted at the possibility of a season
Wind_of_Change_(podcast)
Literary genre
in this style appeared in 2012 on the Russian self-publishing website samizdat.ru, the novel Господство клана Неспящих (Clan Dominance: The Sleepless
LitRPG
the Abuse of Psychiatry For Political Purposes, and circulated in the samizdat periodical Chronicle of Current Events. Other sources were documents by
Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union
Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union
(ed.). "Losses Suffered by the Population of the USSR, 1918–1958". The Samizdat Register. Khiterer, V. (2020). The Holodomor and Jews in Kyiv and Ukraine:
History of the Jews in Ukraine
History_of_the_Jews_in_Ukraine
Russian writer (1935–1973)
poet, and writer. During his lifetime, his works were published only in samizdat. During the trial of writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel in 1965,
Ilya_Gabay
Soviet physicist and dissident (1924–2020)
in the USSR and Proposals to Overcome It" which appeared in underground samizdat circulation. The Western press published the letter in 1974 but publication
Yuri_Orlov
Russian-Irish novelist, poet, literary translator and magazine editor
publish his work openly. American poet Leonard Schwartz described him as "a samizdat poet who had to put up with a good deal of abuse during the communist period
Anatoly_Kudryavitsky
of political repressions as well as citizens' reactions to them through samizdat (unsanctioned self-publishing) methods played a key role in the formation
Human rights movement in the Soviet Union
Human_rights_movement_in_the_Soviet_Union
Public act against political advantage
letter writing campaigns, letters to the editor Teach-in Zine Soap-boxing Samizdat (distributing censored materials) Protest graffiti Blogging and social
Protest
Slovak Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic cardinal (1924–2015)
Christ, (Samizdat, 1972) In the light of the Good News. (Samizdat, 1985) Christ the priest, (Samizdat, 1987) The mission of the priest, (Samizdat, 1987)
Ján_Chryzostom_Korec
Illicitly-produced gramophone discs made from discarded X-ray prints in the USSR
"three, maybe four" times remaining on it by character Tanya Mironova. Samizdat Magnitizdat Flexi disc Raleigh, Donald J. (2006). Russia's Sputnik Generation:
Ribs_(recordings)
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