(, an abbreviation for , ) was the State Committee for Publishing in the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. It had control over publishing houses, printing plants, the book trade, and was in charge of the ideological and political

censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governmen ...

of literature.

Goskomizdat chairmen

*1949–1953 – Leonid Pavlovich Grachev *1963–1965 – Pavel Konstantinovich Romanov *1965–1970 – Nikolai Alexandrovich Mikhailov *1970–1982 – Boris Ivanovich Stukalin *1982–1986 – Boris Nikolaevich Pastukhov *1986–1989 – Mikhail Fedorovich Nenashev *1989–1990 – Nikolay Ivanovich Efimov *1990–1991 – Mikhail Fedorovich Nenashev

References

State Committees of the Soviet Union Censorship in the Soviet Union Publishing, State Committee for 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union {{soviet-stub

Goskomizdat chairmen

See also

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