Ban on Ukrainian Book Printing (1720)
A campaign to introduce censorship and institutional linguistic assimilation. Peter I's decree of October 5, 1720 banned the printing of books in the indigenous people's language at the key printing houses: "In the Kyiv-Pechersk and Chernihiv printing houses no new books whatsoever are to be printed except previous church editions, and even those old church books are to be corrected before printing for complete conformity with the Great Russian church books, so that there be no discord or distinct dialect in them"[1].
Actors
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy | 2 |
Instruments Applied
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| S0008 | Government | 2 |
Procedures Carried Out
The introduction of censorship over book printing by Peter I's decree of 5 October 1720: "no new books whatsoever are to be printed except previous church editions, and even those old church books… are to be corrected before printing"[1].
The ruler's direct decree against the very language of the local population in print: the same decree of Peter I ordered books to be checked against Muscovite ones, "so that there be no discord or distinct dialect in them"[1].