samizdat
noun
- a system by which manuscripts denied official publication in the Soviet Union were circulated clandestinely in typescript or in mimeograph form, or were smuggled out for publication abroad
- manuscripts distributed in this way
See samizdat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(säˈmĭz-dätˌ, sə-myĭz-dätˈ)
nouna. The secret publication and distribution of government-banned literature in the former Soviet Union.
b. The literature produced by this system.
- An underground press.
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