Definition of Samizdat

1. Noun. A system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature.

Exact synonyms: Underground Press
Generic synonyms: Print Media

Definition of Samizdat

1. Noun. (uncountable often attributive) The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications. ¹

2. Noun. A samizdat publication. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Samizdat

1. a system in the Soviet Union for printing and distributing unauthorized literature [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Samizdat

samfoos
samfowlerite
samfu
samfus
samian
samiel
samiels
samier
samiest
samisen
samisens
samite
samites
samiti
samitis
samizdat (current term)
samizdats
samlet
samlets
samlor
samlors
sammed
sammich
sammiches
sammier
sammiers
sammies
samming
samnitis
samoa

Literary usage of Samizdat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Crimean Tatars by Alan W. Fisher (1978)
"Arkhiv samizdat. no. 309(g). Eight other letters published by ... Arkhiv samizdat. no. 77. Another delegation sent to the Uzbek authorities was led by the ..."

2. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"Munich: samizdat Archive Association. From 1977. Ferdinand JM Feldbrugge. samizdat and Political Dissent in the Soviet Union. Leyden: AW Sijthoff, 1975. ..."

3. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"This means that the remarkable publication efforts of the free samizdat publishers are now to be checked by the Soviet censorship ..."

4. Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List by Vladislav Krasnov (1986)
"It is noteworthy that several samizdat authors of the period came out with a ... As FJM Feldbrugge points out in his book, samizdat and Political Dissent in ..."

5. Documents of Dissent: Chinese Political Thought Since Mao by James Chester Cheng (1980)
"But these Chinese samizdat writers distinguish themselves from their Soviet ... We can only speculate about the veracity of these samizdat papers. ..."

6. Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe: A Survey of Holdings at the by Joseph D. Dwyer (1980)
"The Hoover Institution is a depository for Soviet underground publications (samizdat), which began circulating in the free world in 1968 during the Moscow ..."

7. Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union by Roman Szporluk (2000)
"121-56; FM Feldbrugge, samizdat and Political Dissent in the Soviet Union (Leyden: AW ... "The Resurgence of Russian Nationalism in samizdat," Survey, no. ..."

8. The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs by Michael McFaul, Sergei Markov (1993)
"Subsequently, we broke all the traditions of samizdat [unofficial] press; ... I began publishing a fashionable samizdat magazine on political and Christian ..."

9. The Crimean Tatars by Alan W. Fisher (1978)
"Arkhiv samizdat. no. 309(g). Eight other letters published by ... Arkhiv samizdat. no. 77. Another delegation sent to the Uzbek authorities was led by the ..."

10. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"Munich: samizdat Archive Association. From 1977. Ferdinand JM Feldbrugge. samizdat and Political Dissent in the Soviet Union. Leyden: AW Sijthoff, 1975. ..."

11. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"This means that the remarkable publication efforts of the free samizdat publishers are now to be checked by the Soviet censorship ..."

12. Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List by Vladislav Krasnov (1986)
"It is noteworthy that several samizdat authors of the period came out with a ... As FJM Feldbrugge points out in his book, samizdat and Political Dissent in ..."

13. Documents of Dissent: Chinese Political Thought Since Mao by James Chester Cheng (1980)
"But these Chinese samizdat writers distinguish themselves from their Soviet ... We can only speculate about the veracity of these samizdat papers. ..."

14. Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe: A Survey of Holdings at the by Joseph D. Dwyer (1980)
"The Hoover Institution is a depository for Soviet underground publications (samizdat), which began circulating in the free world in 1968 during the Moscow ..."

15. Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union by Roman Szporluk (2000)
"121-56; FM Feldbrugge, samizdat and Political Dissent in the Soviet Union (Leyden: AW ... "The Resurgence of Russian Nationalism in samizdat," Survey, no. ..."

16. The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs by Michael McFaul, Sergei Markov (1993)
"Subsequently, we broke all the traditions of samizdat [unofficial] press; ... I began publishing a fashionable samizdat magazine on political and Christian ..."

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