მთავლიტი და ლიტერატურა (მეოცე საუკუნის 60-იანი წლები). GLAVLIT AND LITERATURE (IN THE SIXTIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY)
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2022-07-14
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Founded on June 6, 1922, Glavlit initially as the “Main Directorate
for Literary and Publishing Affairs”, after specification of its functions
changed its name on “Main Administration for Protection of Military
and State Secrets in the Press”. At that time, particular importance
was attached to ideological censorship this period was marked by
the strictest resolutions, such as “On printed matters” (1931), “On the
transformation of literary and artistic organizations” (1932) “On the
publication of children’s literature” (1933). The change of political
orientations, commonly known as the “Thaw” led to the weakening
of Glavlit’s role. It retained the most important function – the protection
of state and military secrets. From this period on, the “stagnation
era” started. In 1969, a secret resolution of the Central Committee
came into force, the main purpose of which was the destruction
of unwanted information or works of art before they came out.
Under these conditions, the functions of censors and editors were
strengthened. Authors’ self-censorship is also special.
In conditions of enforced state control, the selection of foreign
authors for translation used to be carried out with particular care.
This process was monitored by a special department of the Glavlit.
Translators were also subjected to ideological pressure. Each translation
was considered in connection with the propagation of the
principles and ideals of Soviet policy. It is noteworthy that in the
1960s a special responsibility fell on book reviewers, who were instructed to constantly monitor second-hand bookshops for exposure
of anti-Soviet, anti-Bolshevik, politically harmful and religious
literature. The books of authors who were called “enemies of the
people” were treated with particular severity (Samizdat publications,
prohibited literature – literature placed in special funds).
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მთავლიტი, 20-იანი წლები, XX საუკუნე, Glavlit, 1960s, Soviet Union, literature
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ჰუმანიტარულ მეცნიერებათა ფაკულტეტი, აკადემიკოს მარიამ ლორთქიფანიძის დაბადებიდან 100 წლის იუბილესადმი მიძღვნილი XVI საფაკულტეტო სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია, თეზისები, თბილისი, 2022, გვ.: 291-294 / Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Faculty of Humanities, 16th FACULTY SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE IN HONOUR OF THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF MARIAM LORTKIPANIDZE, Abstracts, Tbilisi, 2022, pp.: 291-294