Photograph of KGB Archive Room (ca. 1980)
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Title
Photograph of KGB Archive Room (ca. 1980)
Subject
State Surveillance, Censorship Infrastructure, Soviet Intelligence, Cold War Archives
Description
This black-and-white photograph depicts an interior view of a KGB surveillance archive room. These spaces were used to track and store seized samizdat materials and evidence of subversive publishing activities. The image reveals the bureaucratic infrastructure used to suppress underground print culture in the USSR.
Creator
Unknown (KGB staff or institutional photographer)
Source
Leaked public domain photo; provenance unclear
Publisher
Unknown
Date
ca. 1980
Contributor
Digitized and described by Guanxiao Chen, 2025
Rights
Public domain. Used for educational and research purposes.
Relation
Documents state response to samizdat, including Letters to a Russian Friend
Format
JPEG (Photograph); Black and white, 25 x 18 cm
Language
Not applicable
Type
Still Image
Identifier
UT.Samizdat.003
Coverage
Moscow, Soviet Union; Cold War era
Citation
Unknown (KGB staff or institutional photographer)
, “Photograph of KGB Archive Room (ca. 1980),” Omeka, accessed February 5, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/544.