samizdat
key form of dissident activity across the Soviet bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground publications by hand and passed the documents from reader to reader
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samizdat
Summary
samizdat has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]
Key Facts
- samizdat is a type of self-publishing[2].
- samizdat is a type of underground press[3].
- samizdat's Commons category is recorded as Samizdat[4].
- samizdat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Samizdat publications[5].
- samizdat's described at URL is recorded as https://sachsen.digital/sammlungen/politischer-samisdat-der-ddr[6].
- samizdat's described by source is recorded as Sachsen.digital[7].
- samizdat's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'самизда́т'}[8].
- samizdat's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'самви́дав'}[9].
- samizdat's different from is recorded as underground press[10].
- samizdat's different from is recorded as self-publishing[11].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include self-publishing[2] and underground press[3].
Influence
Things named for samizdat include Samizdata[12], a website[13].
Why It Matters
samizdat has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] samizdat is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]
Entities named for samizdat include Samizdata[12], a website[13].