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thumb|Former Washington, D.C. office of Kontinent Kontinent was an émigré dissident journal which focused on the politics of the Soviet Union and its satellites. Founded in 1974 by writer Vladimir Maximov, its first editor-in-chief, it was published in German and Russian and later translated into English. A Norwegian edition, '''', was published from 1979 to 1981.

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magazine
Country of origin
Russia
Official website
e-continent.de
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language of work or name
Russian
inception
1974-01-01
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Kontinent
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thumb|Former Washington, D.C. office of Kontinent Kontinent was an émigré dissident journal which focused on the politics of the Soviet Union and its satellites. Founded in 1974 by writer Vladimir Maximov, its first editor-in-chief, it was published in German and Russian and later translated into English. A Norwegian edition, '''', was published from 1979 to 1981.

Its Editorial Board at various times included Raymond Aron, George Bailey, Saul Bellow, Józef Czapski, Robert Conquest, Milovan Djilas, Alexander Galich, Jerzy Giedroyc, Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Eugène Ionesco, Arthur Koestler, Naum Korzhavin, Mihajlo Mihajlov, Ludek Pachman, Andrei Sakharov, Alexander Schmemann, Ignazio Silone, Joseph Brodsky.

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