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The monograph explores the essence and basic forms of the radian censorship in Ukrainian public libraries in 1917-1939. The author of the monograph has revealed vitoki, outlined the main stages and traced the forms and tensions of spiritual and world censorship in library activity. He revealed the principles of work of the Radian censorship institutions, which regulated the activities of public libraries, transforming them into institutions of public education. He showed library censorship as a social phenomenon, illustrated its significance in relation to the restriction of information, the word of mouth and national thought.

The publication is intended for teachers, graduate students, university students, all those who are interested in the issues related to the disclosure of the main means of implementing the Radian censorship in Ukrainian libraries.