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sam•iz•dat
(sä'miz•dät"; Russ. su•myiz•dät'),
—n.
1. a clandestine publishing system within the Soviet Union, by which forbidden or unpublishable literature was reproduced and circulated privately.
2. a work or periodical circulated by this system.
(sä'miz•dät"; Russ. su•myiz•dät'),
—n.
1. a clandestine publishing system within the Soviet Union, by which forbidden or unpublishable literature was reproduced and circulated privately.
2. a work or periodical circulated by this system.