Censorship in The Soviet Union

Censorship 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 (also known as Glavlit) was in charge of censoring all publications and broadcasting for state secrets
  • Censorship, in accordance with the official ideology and politics of the Communist Party was performed by several organizations:
    • Goskomizdat censored all printed matter: fiction, poetry, etc.
    • Goskino, in charge of cinema
    • Gosteleradio, in charge of radio and television broadcasting
    • The First Department in many agencies and institutions, such as the State Statistical Committee (Goskomstat), was responsible for assuring that state secrets and other sensitive information only reached authorized hands.

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