in the campaign “The Ems Ukaz and Total Censorship (1876–1887)”
A concession that was in fact a choice between two alien orthographies: the 1881 revision allowed dictionaries to be printed, but "on condition of their being printed in conformity with all-Russian orthography, or with the orthography used in Little Russia no later than the 18th century"[1]. That is, either the metropole's orthography or an archaic one was admissible - contemporary Ukrainian orthography was not allowed in any form. The same document permitted stage texts to musical scores to be printed only "on condition of generally accepted Russian orthography," and made Ukrainian-language performances dependent on administrative permission: "dramatic plays, scenes and couplets in the Little Russian dialect... may be performed on stage, each time, however, with the special permission of the governors-general, and in localities not subordinate to governors-general - with the permission of the governors"[1].