Kontinent

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Kontinent was a dissident journal which focused on the politics of the Soviet Union and its satellites. Founded in 1974 by Vladimir Maximov, first editor-in-chief, it was published in German and Russian and later translated into English.

Its Editorial Board included Raymond Aron, George Bailey, Saul Bellow, Józef Czapski, Robert Conquest, Milovan Djilas, Alexander Galich, Jerzy Giedroye, Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Eugène Ionesco, Arthur Koestler, Naum Korzhavin, Mihajlo Mihajlov, Ludek Pachman, Alexander Sakharov, Alexander Schmemann, Zïnaida Schakovskoy, Wolf Siedler, Ignazio Silone, Strannik, and Carl-Gustav Ströhm.

This initial issue featured a debate between Alexander Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn regarding Solzhenitsyn's Letter to the Soviet Leaders. Kontinent continues to be published in English and Russian by Russia House.

[edit] Further reading

  • Vladimir E. Maximov, editor, Kontinent, Anchor Books (1976), trade paperback, 196 pages, ISBN 0-385-06611-2
  • Vladimir E. Maximov, editor, Kontinent 2, Doubleday (1977), trade paperback, ISBN 0-385-12579-8
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