Letters to a Russian Friend
Dublin Core
Title
Letters to a Russian Friend
Subject
Samizdat, Political Dissent, Soviet Union, Censorship, Cold War
Description
This clandestine samizdat book was produced and circulated in the Soviet Union to evade state censorship. Typed using a Soviet-era typewriter, the work reflects dissident critiques of the regime and documents the emotional and political resistance of its anonymous author.
Creator
Anonymous
Source
Private dissident archive
Publisher
Not officially published; self-distributed via samizdat networks
Date
ca. 1975
Contributor
Digitized and described by Guanxiao Chen, 2025
Rights
Digitized for educational and research use only. Original authorship remains anonymous.
Relation
Associated with Soviet-era typewriter and KGB surveillance archive (see related items in this exhibit)
Format
PDF (digitized copy), 21 x 29.7 cm (A4 paper, carbon-typed original)
Language
Russian; English translation available
Type
Text
Identifier
UT.Samizdat.001
Coverage
Moscow, Soviet Union; Cold War era
Citation
Anonymous, “Letters to a Russian Friend,” Omeka, accessed February 5, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/542.