Magnitizdat was the process of copying and distributing audio tape recordings that were not commercially available in the Soviet Union. It is analogous to samizdat, the method of disseminating written
Tape recorder "Tembr" (1964) without casing (From museum of political history of Russia)
Samizdat, also samvydav, was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the documen
Magnitizdat
…publishing') was the process of copying and distributing audio tape recordings that were not commercially available in the Soviet Union. It is analogous to samizdat, the method of disseminating written works that could not be officially published under Soviet political censorship. It is technically similar to bootleg…
Russian samizdat and photo negatives of unofficial literature
Samizdat concealed within a bookbinding; seen in the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, Vilnius
A closeup of typewritten samizdat, Moscow
A typewritten copy of the Russian human rights periodical A Chronicle of Current Events, Moscow