Refusal to print
27-09-2024
The USSR’s power to refuse publication was used as a form of control over literature, periodicals, and the media.
Authors who did not pass the editorial standards of censorship were not allowed to publish and had to look for different ways to spread their texts. Some were forced to self-publish; others sought ways to send their manuscripts abroad to uncensored publishing houses. There were also those who remained silent, writing their works “in a drawer.” This group included Valeriy Shevchuk, Vasyl Holoborodko, Ivan Semenenko, Mykhailo Hryhoriv, and others.