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GLAVLIT

// ГЛАВЛИТ // Главное управление по делам литературы и издательств Народного комиссариата просвещения РСФСР // Glavnoe upravlenie po delam literatury i izdatel'stv Narodnogo komisariata prosvesshcheniia RSFSR // Main Administration for Literature and Publishing of the People's Commissariat for Education RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)

Censorship over the Soviet media was carried out under the agency Glavlit. Founded in 1922, it dictated ultimate editorial authority over printed materials as well as other forms of communication. The agency ceased operations in 1991.

PP 1083: On September 1st, We Will Begin Operation of the First Production Line of the Chirchik Plant

PP 065: Men of strength, who turn upside down everything which was old, according to norms, those men of strength will give such level of protection to our motherland they will quickly pursue to the death all who plan to attack our country. --S. Ordzhonikidze.

PP 092: The black vultures are preparing an armed attack on the USSR.
Proletarian – be on guard!

PP 096: Defending the homeland is the sacred duty of every citizen of the USSR /Constitution of the USSR, Article 133/

PP 1007: All Soviet people will vote for strengthening further our valorous Red Army and Naval Fleet!

PP 1009: Use of funds received through USSR state loans.
[Top Image]: For collectivization of agriculture . For education. For industry. For public-health services.
[Bottom image]: In the Tsarist era [everything was] For religion. For the police.  For the army . For prisons.  For debt repayment.

PP 1010: Pioneers and school children, help consumer cooperatives spread books in the village

PP 1017: Cooperation with the whole world in the struggle with capital.
Long live international day of cooperation!

PP 1018: Citizens, preserve historical monuments.
People's Commissariat for Education, Department for the Affairs of Museums and Protection of Monuments of Art and Antiquity. 9 Dead Lane, Moscow.

PP 1020: Everyone [to participate] in the new consumer-cooperative elections.
We’re promoting [male] shock workers and [female] shock workers to leadership positions in the cooperatives.

PP 1021: The worldwide October [Revolution] will destroy the prison-houses of the bourgeoisie!