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A Brief Outline of the History of the Treatment of Ukrainian Literature by the Russian Censorship Laws
A Brief Outline of the History of the Treatment of Ukrainian Literature by the Russian Censorship Laws

Author(s): Ivan Krevets'kyi
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Public Administration, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at The University of Alberta

Summary/Abstract: The history of censorship in Russia is unusually sad. But Ukraine would still be comparatively fortunate if only the censorship laws were applied to it to the same degree as in Great Russia, or as in Poland or Finland. Special censorship laws for Ukraine have always been promulgated in Russia, and they have been applied with draconian cruelty, unlike the case for the other nationalities. I therefore think it will be interesting and useful to acquaint my readers, if only briefly, with the more or less striking features marking the history of the treatment of Ukrainian literature by the Russian censorship laws, a survey of which is the object of the present article.

  • Issue Year: 4/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 153-172
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English