Soviet Samizdat Periodicals
Soviet Samizdat Periodicals Database
This Database contains information about editions of classic Soviet samizdat, 1956-1986. The Database of Soviet Samizdat Periodicals includes approximately 300 titles, including human rights bulletins, poetry anthologies, rock zines, religious editions, national movement journals and more. Browse or Search the Database by title.
Samizdat Journals: Electronic Editions
Select online editions of Soviet samizdat periodicals make rare archival materials available to a wide audience. Searchable transcribed text and notes or commentary have been provided where possible to facilitate the appreciation and use of these documents.
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The Timelines provide a representative selection of people and events in the USSR that show the general arc of development for each movement. Photographs come from various relevant collections of archived materials.
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The Dissident Legacy
For announcements and updates, see Newsletter No. 2 / Infolettre No2 for the Dissident Legacy (Héritages de la dissidence). Find all issues here: Newsletter.
Samizdat Interviews
Evgeny Abezgauz (click to go to the interview in English)
Evgeny Abezgauz (1939-2008) was born in Leningrad. He studied engineering and worked as an engineer at a…
Oleg Okhapkin (1944-2008) (click name for interview excerpts in English)
Oleg Aleksandrovich Okhapkin, poet, was an active participant in unofficial culture of the late…
Arseny Roginsky (1946-2017) (click name for interview in English)
Historian, rights activist and social organizer Arseny Borisovich Roginsky studied at the historical-…
Aba Taratuta (1935) (click to go to the interview in English)
Taratuta was a leading Jewish activist in Leningrad. He applied for an exit visa in 1973, and immigrated…
Evgeny Lein (click to go to the interview in English)
Evgeny Lein (1939) was a well-known activist in Leningrad. He took part in the struggle for free emigration to Israel…
Editorial Board
- SOPHIE COEURÉ, Université de Paris
- GERALD JANECEK, University of Kentucky
- ILJA KUKUJ, Ludwig Maximilian University
- BENJAMIN NATHANS, University of Pennsylvania
- CLAUDIA PIERALLI, Università di Firenze
- PETER REDDAWAY, George Washington University
- ALLAN REID, University of New Brunswick
- YAACOV RO'I, Tel Aviv University
- MARCO SABBATINI, Università di Pisa
- STEPHANIE SANDLER, Harvard University
- SUSANNE SCHATTENBERG, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa
- CÉCILE VAISSIÉ, Université Rennes 2
- We were honoured formerly to include ARSENY ROGINSKY (1946-2017), International Memorial Society