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First published in Great Britain 2021
Copyright © Josephine von Zitzewitz, 2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: von Zitzewitz, Josephine, author.
Title: The culture of samizdat : literature and underground networks in the late Soviet Union / Josephine von Zitzewitz.
Description: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. | Series: Library of modern Russia | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020029956 | ISBN 9781788313766 (hardback) | ISBN 9781350142633 (ebook) | ISBN 9781350142640 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Underground literature–Soviet Union–History and criticism. | Underground press publications–Soviet Union–History. | Underground literature–Publishing–Soviet Union–History. | Dissenters–Soviet Union. | Books and reading–Soviet Union.
Classification: LCC PG3026.U5 V66 2020 | DDC 070.50947–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020029956
ISBN: HB: 978-1-7883-1376-6
ePDF: 978-1-3501-4263-3
eBook: 978-1-3501-4264-0
Series: Library of Modern Russia
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