THE ACTIVITIES OF PUBLISHERS IN THE SYSTEM OF TAMIZDAT (CHEKHOV PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE EAST EUROPEAN FUND, YMCA-PRESS, THE POSEV PUBLISHING HOUSE)

• Published in: Sovremennye issledovaniia sot͡s︡ialʹnykh problem Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 129 - 147
• Main Author: Alexandr Anatolyevich Fedin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 01.12.2019
• Subjects: издатель; издательская деятельность; книговедение; самиздат; ссср; тамиздат; эмиграция
• ISSN: 2077-1770; 2218-7405
• DOI: 10.12731/2077-1770-2019-3-129-147

The article deals with significant foreign publishers involved in the production and distribution of tamizdat in the USSR in the 60-80-ies of XX century, both operating at the moment and ceased to function. Purpose. To analyze the history of the three largest publishers of the censorship period – «Chekhov Publishing House of the East European Fund», «YMCA-Press» and The Posev publishing house. The thematic repertoire of publishers, important moments of interaction with the Soviet authors, the composition of editorial boards and a list of works published during the period of the publishing house are considered. Methods and methodology. The basis of the study is book-based methods: historical-typological and analytical-thematic, as well as a systematic approach. Results. The results of the work are that the author analyzed the activities of foreign publishers, their repertoire and ways of publishing prohibited works in the USSR. The author came to the conclusion that the studied publishers and their activities served the purpose of preserving the Russian cultural heritage. The scope of the results. The results of the study can be applied in the field of study of the history of literary studies, domestic and foreign publishing, in studies of Russian abroad.