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On May 5, 1985, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union published in all newspapers in the Soviet Union the ruling named "On the measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism". On June 1, the sale of alcohol was restricted to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the time of that prohibition, 140,000 hectares of vineyards were destroyed.
All of Zweig's books published up to 1933 were banned by the Nazis in that same year. [125] Works Sigmund Freud: 1901–1933 Non-fiction All of Freud's books published up to 1933 were banned by the Nazis in that same year. [125] The Iron Heel: Jack London: 1908 Novel Banned by the Nazis along with two other London novels, Martin Eden and The ...
Page from the 1073 Izbornik. Censorship in Russia dates back to long before the codified legal censorship of the Russian Empire. The first known list of banned books is found in the Izbornik of 1073, when much of what is now European Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus was governed by a polity known as Rus', centered in Kiev.
This is an index of lists of banned books, which contain books that have been banned or censored by religious authority or government. By country
All media in the Soviet Union throughout its history was controlled by the state, including television and radio broadcasting, newspaper, magazine, and book publishing. This was achieved by state ownership of all production facilities, thus making all those employed in media state employees. This extended to the fine arts, including the theater ...
The Bureau of Censorship (Russian: Цензурный комитет) was a bureau set up in the Ministry of Education of the Russian Empire following the passage of an enabling law on July 9, 1804. The censorship statute read, in part: [1] 1. The Censor has the duty to consider all manner of books and literary works intended for public ...
This is a selected list of authors and works listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.The Index was discontinued on June 14, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. [1] [2]A complete list of the authors and writings present in the subsequent editions of the index are listed in J. Martinez de Bujanda, Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1600–1966, Geneva, 2002.
Knygnešiai (Lithuanian book smugglers) smuggled illegal books and periodicals across the border. The number of such publications kept increasing despite strict sanctions and persecution of the activists. The ban created a well-defined and organized opposition to Russian rule and culture—the opposite of its original intent.