European Russia & UralsEuropean Russia and UralsIn the USSRLeningradLeningradSamizdat & Unofficial ArtsSoviet rockUnderground Places & GroupsWhere Aleksandr Bashlachëv A. Bashlachëv and his twelve-string guitar. Source: Muzei Balshlachëva A. N “The Man Who Sings”,…Sara ManziMay 23, 2023
In the USSRMoscowMoscowSamizdat & Unofficial ArtsWhereWorks Bespoleznoe iskopaemoe (V. Erofeev) Title: Bespoleznoe iskopaemoe. Iz zapisnykh knizhek , edited by V. S. Murav’ёv Author: Venedikt Vasil’evich…Sara ManziMay 11, 2023
PeriodicalsTamizdatWestern reception Beseda The frontispiece of the journal. Source: “Vtoraia Literatura: Ėlektronnyi arkhiv zarubezh'ia imeni Andreia Siniavskogo”. Title…Sara ManziFebruary 9, 2023
In the USSRMoscowPainting and SculptureSamizdat & Unofficial ArtsWhere Vasilii Sitnikov. Between diplomacy and pedagogy Novo Rakitino, 1915 – New York, 1987 Vasilii Sitnikov in his apartment, Moscow, 1969. Photo…Sara ManziFebruary 3, 2023
PeriodicalsTamizdatWestern reception A-Ya The cover of the first issue of “A-Ya”, 1979. Source: “Vtoraia Literatura”. Title of the…Sara ManziFebruary 1, 2023
In the USSRLeningradPeopleWhere Arsenii Roginskii Vel’sk, 1946–Tel Aviv, 2017 Arsenii Roginskii, © Prava cheloveka v Rossii - Arkhiv materialov. Arsenii…Sara ManziJanuary 24, 2023
Facts & PhenomenaIn the USSRLeningradMeetings and DemonstrationsWhere Leningrad, 14th June 1988. The Story of a Photograph Photo: Vladimir Mekler © 1988 (homepage) Date: 14th June 1988 Place: Leningrad Description: It was…Sara ManziJanuary 12, 2023
In the USSRLeningradSamizdat & Unofficial ArtsWhereWritings for the "drawer" Illarion i Karlik (V. Gubin) Vladimir Gubin. Source: Kinzhnaia Lavka Pisatelei © 2023 Author: Vladimir Gubin (1934-2003) Years of writing:…Sara ManziJanuary 2, 2023
Central AsiaFacts & PhenomenaHuman Rights MovementIn the USSRWhere Leonid Pliushch Naryn, 1939 – Bessèges, 2015 Photo by S. Matsko, Kiev, 1988. Source: https://www.photo.net/gallery/image/4156589-leonid-plusch-kyiv-1988/. Leonid Ivanovich…Sara ManziNovember 17, 2022
FotografiaIn the USSRLeningradPhotographySamizdat & Unofficial ArtsWhere Masha Ivashintsova Masha Iur'evna Ivashintsova (1942- 2000) Description: Mariia Iur'evna Ivashintsova spent her formative years in Leningrad…Sara ManziOctober 11, 2022