# Glavlit

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- Address: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/glavlit
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
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## Cited by

- [Soviet Russia creates Glavlit, a central office to review all printed material before publication](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1922-ussr-glavlit-censorship)
- [Claim 157: By 1930 all printing and publishing in the Soviet Union was subject to pre-publication censorship, covering everything from newspapers and books to posters and theater tickets.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/157)
- [Claim 158: Glavlit's standards were relaxed in late 1988 as part of Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost campaign, and the agency was dissolved by presidential decree in 1991.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/158)

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