Project for the Study of Dissidence and Samizdat

The Electronic Archive “Project for the Study of Dissidence and Samizdat” (PSDS) includes the database of Soviet samizdat periodicals, electronic editions of selected samizdat journals, illustrated timelines of dissident movements, and interviews with activists. The Project aims to make rare materials more widely available and to provoke questions about the trajectories of groups and individuals within the varied field of Soviet dissidence and nonconformist culture.

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Map of Soviet Samizdat Periodicals

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Database of Soviet Samizdat Periodicals

Soviet Samizdat Periodicals is a database of information about editions of classic Soviet samizdat.

1956-1986

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Oleg Okhapkin, at Sosnovaia Poliana, not later than 1992. Photographed by Vladimir Ioselzon (?).

Interview with Activists

Oleg Okhapkin
(1944-2008)

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Timelines of
Dissident Movements

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Samizdat Survey

This survey (in Russian) is intended for those with experience of (reading) samizdat. An international, interdisciplinary team of researchers is working to preserve the story of samizdat for posterity. You can help: go to the Survey/Анкета .