Changes in Censorship

• Tolstoy established a government committee in 1882 which issued the so called 'temporary obligations' These allowed newspapers to be closed down and a life ban placed on editors and publisher
• Censors became more active; all literary publications had to be officially approved and libraries and reading rooms were restricted in the books they were allowed to stock. Censorship also extended to theatre art and culture where 'Russification' was enforced.