Samizdat Collection 1955-1983

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Samizdat Collection MS 404., 1955-1983

Samizdat Collection 1955-1983

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In the mid-1970s, the Center for the Study of New Russian Literature in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UMass Amherst began collecting the self-published and underground literature of the Soviet Union as a means of documenting social and political dissent in the Communist state. The Samizdat collection includes writings in several genres -- chiefly fiction, poetry, drama, and literary, social, and political criticism -- in handwritten, photocopied, and printed form, as well as photos, a passport application for Mikhail Baryshnikov, and memorabilia from an American production of one of the plays in the collection.

12 boxes; (6 linear ft.)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries