Amateur children’s and youth press (samizdat) has historical roots in Russia, including in the Siberian-far Eastern region. At each stage it was characterized by specific features conditioned by socio-cultural factors of the time. The purpose of the article is to analyze current trends in the development of children’s samizdat. The work is based on an extensive source database. The author analyzed data from “The Russian school press Register”, looked through PDF-versions and online school publications on the official pages of almost one hundred educational institutions in the region, as well as individual printed samples of children’s and youth amateur magazines, studied the sites “Dai Zin”, “Children’s samizdat” and a number of blog communities popular with teenagers. The investigation showed that in the first quarter of the new Millennium the unique phenomenon called samizdat is an actively developing part of the information space. There was a quantitative growth of children’s and youth (teenage) press. Its type-specific and content characteristics have become more diverse. Along with subcultural periodicals prepared by young correspondent, home-made book are also published. The rapid development of new information technologies has resulted in the emergence of new forms of self-publishing: online magazines, blogs of young authors.
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