Sentence:  <WSD>"Samizdats</WSD>" were unauthorized books reproduced with a typewriter and as many as seven carbon copies. They were the product of the country's artistic elite and were critical of the government. Possession of, writing, or typing a <WSD>"samizdat</WSD>" could and occasionally did result in arrest and the perpetrator being sentenced to a gulag. This was mostly an illusion. The writers and distributors of <WSD>"samizdats</WSD>" were seldom at risk after the death of Stalin. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A samizdat publication.