Goskomizdat
Encyclopedia
Goskomizdat was the State Committee for Publishing in the Soviet Union
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It had control over publishing houses, printing plants, book trade and was in charge of the ideological and political censorship
of literature.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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It had control over publishing houses, printing plants, book trade and was in charge of the ideological and political censorship
Censorship
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of literature.
The chairmen goskomizdat
- 1978—1982 Boris Stukalin
- 1982—1986 Boris Pastukhov
- 1986—1989 Mikhail Nenashev
See also
- Glavlit
- Eastern Bloc information disseminationEastern Bloc information disseminationEastern Bloc information dissemination was controlled directly by each country's Communist party, which controlled the state media, censorship and propaganda organs...
- Censorship in the Soviet UnionCensorship in the Soviet UnionCensorship in the Soviet Union was pervasive and strictly enforced.Censorship was performed in two main directions:*State secrets were handled by Main Administration for Safeguarding State Secrets in the Press was in charge of censoring all publications and broadcasting for state...