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''Kontinent'' was an émigré

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which focused on the politics of the

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and its satellites. Founded in 1974 by writer Vladimir Maximov,Tatyana Shvetsova
After word to the epoch of Nikita Khrushchev
PAUL GRAY. THE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION by Vladimir Maximov. ''Time'', May 29, 2007

/ref>Максимов Владимир Емельянович (Самсонов Лев Алексеевич) (1930—1995), texts by Maximov, available online (in Russian) http://antology.igrunov.ru/authors/maximov/ its first editor-in-chief, it was published in

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and

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and later translated into

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. A

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edition, ''Kontinent Skandinavia'', was published from 1979 to 1981. Its Editorial Board included

Raymond Aron Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Aron is best known for his 19 ...

, George Bailey,

Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; 10 July 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only w ...

Józef Czapski Józef Czapski (3 April 1896 – 12 January 1993) was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an officer of the Polish Army. As a painter, he is notable for his membership in the Kapist movement, which was heavily influenced by Céza ...

Robert Conquest George Robert Acworth Conquest (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British historian and poet. A long-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Conquest was most notable for his work on the Soviet Union. His books ...

Milovan Djilas Milovan Djilas (; , ; 12 June 1911 – 30 April 1995) was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well as in the post-war government. A self-identified democrat ...

, Alexander Galich,

Jerzy Giedroyc Jerzy Władysław Giedroyc (; 27 July 1906 – 14 September 2000) was a Polish writer and political activist and for many years editor of the highly influential Paris-based periodical, '' Kultura''. Early life Giedroyć was born into a Polish- ...

, Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Eugène Ionesco,

Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler, (, ; ; hu, Kösztler Artúr; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931, Koestler join ...

, Naum Korzhavin,

Mihajlo Mihajlov Mihajlo Mihajlov ( sr-Cyrl, Михајло Михајлов, ; 26 September 1934 – 7 March 2010) was a Serbian author, academic and publicist. Mihajlov became one of the most prominent dissidents in Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe after his arres ...

, Ludek Pachman,

Andrei Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov ( rus, Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ˈdmʲitrʲɪjevʲɪtɕ ˈsaxərəf; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, nobel laureate and activist for n ...

, Alexander Schmemann, Zïnaida Schakovskoy, Wolf Siedler,

Ignazio Silone Secondino Tranquilli (1 May 1900 – 22 August 1978), known by the pseudonym Ignazio Silone (, ), was an Italian political leader, novelist, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. He was no ...

, Strannik, and Carl-Gustav Ströhm. This initial issue featured a

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between

and

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repres ...

regarding Solzhenitsyn's '' Letter to the Soviet Leaders''.

Current status

''Kontinent'' continues to be published in English and Russian by Russia House. Currently, the editorial is located at Moscow, registered in the committee on the printed materials of the Russian federation, registration license є 014255. ''Kontinent'' follows traditions of scientific journals correcting errors indicated by readers.Фатима Салказанова. По поводу статьи Галины Аккерман. Kontinent, 2006, v.130, ra31.
(example of correction of errors, in Russian) The Russian version has been available online since 1999.Russian version of ''Kontinent'' online
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