Responsibility Statement:
ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ ГОРОДСКОЙ ДЖАЗОВЫЙ КЛУБ Редактор Е. Барбан Технический редактор П. Симаков
Physical Description:
No. 1 (1965) - No. 14 (1978) in Leningrad. No. 15 (?) - No. 19 (1987) in Novosibirsk. Issued in 50-100 copies.
Creation Notes:
GENRE: journal. Title in English "The Square" based on Russian title.
Imprint and responsibility statement (BRE No. 9 cover and title page).
Start year 1965 (SAML 409) (SAVE 147). Start year 1966 (FEIE 99-100).
End year (SAVE 147). 14 issues in Leningrad (SAML 409) (FEIE 99-100) (SAVE 147).
5 in Novosibirsk (SAVE 147). Issued in 50-100 copies (SAML 408).
Editors of No. 15, Efim Barban and A. Mezdrikov (SAVE 148).
Editor S. Belichenko, No. 16 - No. 19 (SAVE 148).
The first three issues of KVADRAT were printed officially by the city komsomol (Gorkom komsomola). Later issues were samizdat. The Jazz club had a large number of covers left with an official responsibility statement of the city komsomol. They used these covers for later issues to make an illegal publication seem legal. When issues No. 11 and No. 12 were discovered by the authorities of the Palace of Culture where the Jazz Club was located, the production of issues was moved to Novosibirsk.(FEIE 99-100).
The official responsibility statement used on issue covers:
"LENINGRADSKII GORODSKOI KOMITET VLKSM
DVORETS KUL'TURY im. S. M. KIROVA
LENINGRADSKII GORODSKOI DZHAZOVYI KLUB" (BRE No. 9 cover).
