在蘇聯政治和政治文化中，書報檢查制度（цензура/censorship）是獨具特色並行之有效的關鍵組成部分。該制度與蘇聯社會主義體制相始終，在不同歷史時期因國內和國際的政治和社會環境而調整變動。在赫魯雪夫（Н. С. Хрущев/N. S. Khrushchev, 1894－1971）極具極個人色彩的執政時期（1953－1964）裡，蘇聯書報檢查制度發生重大調整，相較此前的史達林（И. В. Сталин/J. V. Stalin, 1878－1953）和此後的布里茲涅夫（Л. И. Брежнев/L. I. Brezhnev, 1906－1982）執政時期都體現了明顯的特點，這裡既有「解凍」後的薄春，也有「結冰」後的酷寒。

As a key and unique part of Soviet's systems, censorship (цензура) worked effectively in Soviet politics and political culture. It coexisted with the socialist system of USSR and altered to adapt to the domestic and international social environment in different historical periods. In time full of Khrushchev's (Н. С. Хрущев, 1894-1971) color, Soviet censorship experienced great changes and was unlike Stalin's (И. В. Сталин, 1878-1953) and Brezhnev's (Л. И. Брежнев, 1906-1982) time. It reflected both a thaw of early spring and a freeze of extreme cold during that time.