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GCSE History · key term
The Soviet censorship organisation, known as the Main Administration for Literary and Publishing Affairs, which controlled publication and access to information.
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Paper 3
Revise: Propaganda and CensorshipGlavlit controlled publication and restricted economic information. Without access to independent figures, people found it difficult to check government claims about economic progress. Books by purged opponents, including Trotsky, were banned, and Trotsky was removed from photographs.
Support explanations with precise examples: socialist realism, rewritten textbooks, Glavlit or the banning of Trotsky’s writings.
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