СЛОВАЦКИЕ ПЕРЕВОДЫ РУССКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ В 1980-Е ГОДЫ
SLOVAK TRANSLATIONS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN THE 1980S

Summary/Abstract: Slovak translations of Russian literature in the 1980s – shaped in the aftermath of the August 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops – were influenced not only by the selection of “suitable” texts approved or withheld for translation by the relevant USSR institutions (the so-called VAAP – Vsesoiuznoe agentstvo po avtorskim pravam), but also by decisions made by domestic Slovak bodies. This system remained in place until the political transition of 1989, after which special editions for Russian, Soviet, and other “socialist” literature were gradually phased out, and the book market underwent a fundamental transformation. The article examines how the Slovak book market navigated the complexities of the final five years of totalitarian rule – a period marked by political and social liberalization following the onset of perestroika (1985–1989).

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