Spetskhran (Russian: Спецхран an abbreviation for "Special Storage Section", отдел специального хранения) were limited access collections and archival...

etc.) to prevent unsanctioned copying, including samizdat. Censorship Spetskhran A description of the operations of the First Department within statistical...

foreign books and journals from libraries. Only "special collections" (spetskhran), accessible by special permit granted by the KGB, contained old and "politically...

revolution in Georgia. Most Georgian historians were not allowed to consult Spetskhran, special restricted access library collections and archival reserves that...

(manuscript) is from the 1450s–1460s. Index Librorum Prohibitorum Censorship Spetskhran Federal List of Extremist Materials Кобяк Н. А. Списки отреченных книг...

foreign material from libraries, leaving only "special collections" (spetskhran), accessible by special permit from the KGB. The Soviet Union also censored...

have a written permission from the First Department from person's job." (Spetskhran). Very limited number of scholars were able to obtain permission to work...