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Banned and restricted books in Russia

503 titles have been banned or restricted in Russia, recorded across 510 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.

Titles
503
Ban events
510
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
10

Most-restricted titles

TitleAuthorYearEvents
Mein KampfAdolf Hitler19252
ItStephen King19862
Чему на самом деле учит Библия?—20152
SiegeДжеймса Мейсона—2
В свете священного Корана—20082
Личность мусульманина, в том виде, который стремится придать ей ислам с помощью Корана и Сунны——2
Книга единобожия——2
GerminalÉmile Zola18851
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion—19031
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseBenjamin Alire Sáenz20121
The Ukrainian NightMychailo Wynnycky20191
Blue LardVladimir Sorokin19991
The Islamic State: A Brief IntroductionCharles Lister20151
Riot DaysMaria Alyokhina20171
Ukraine Is Not RussiaLeonid Kuchma20031
The Second Chechen WarAnna Politkovskaya20031
Putin's RussiaAnna Politkovskaya20041
PatriotAlexei Navalny20231
The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown20031
The Winter QueenBoris Akunin19981
Metro 2033Dmitry Glukhovsky20021
Les MisérablesVictor Hugo18621
All the Kremlin's MenMikhail Zygar20161
The Turkish GambitBoris Akunin19981
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde18901
Doctor SleepStephen King20131
The DecameronGiovanni Boccaccio13531
Giovanni's RoomJames Baldwin19561
A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara20081
Call Me By Your NameAndré Aciman20071

Stated reasons

Political content
326
Religious / blasphemy
117
Race / colonialism
48
LGBTQ+ content
18
Immorality
2
Obscenity
1
Sexual content
1

By decade

1760s1
1790s2
1830s1
1850s1
1880s3
1980s1
1990s1
2000s47
2010s77
2020s375

Documented bans

A sample of 50 of 510 recorded events, most severe and most recent first. Each links to its source where available.

Хроники возрожденного Арканара. Избранные статьи 20082026
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Марш Национализма2026
Bannedgovernment· Race / colonialismsource →
Ислам на Северном Кавказе: энциклопедический словарь: коллектив авторов; гл.ред. Д.В. Мухетдинов; отв. ред. В.О. Бобровников, Д.М. Тимохин - М:Издательский дом «Медина2026
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Как убить дракона? Пособие для начинающих революционеров. Москва – Чита – Краснокаменск – Лондон – Москва. 2003-20232026
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Heartstopper2025
Bannedgovernment· LGBTQ+ contentsource →
It2025
Bannedgovernmentsource →
Summer in a Pioneer's Tie2025
Bannedgovernment· LGBTQ+ contentsource →
Чему на самом деле учит Библия?2025
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
СВЯЩЕННОЕ ПИСАНИЕ2025
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Daysi Hanna: When stones cry – Когда плачут камни2025
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Фалунь Дафа суть усердного совершенствования III2025
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Фалунь Дафа суть усердного совершенствования I-II2025
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Das Sowjetparadies. Ausstellung der Reichspropagandaaleitung der NSDAP. Ein Bericht in Wort und Bild2025
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Записки башкирского националиста. Кук буре2025
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Великая Гражданская война 1941-19452025
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Звезды в Джихаде и тени в огне2025
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Слово Пророка Антихриста2025
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The Turkish Gambit2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Springfield2024
Bannedgovernment· LGBTQ+ contentsource →
Mouse2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The Heritage2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The Satanic Bible2024
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Кто же отклонился?!2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Московська отрута2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The Russo-Ukrainian War2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Жадання фронту. Позивний «Вирiй2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Сэнсэй-IV. Исконный Шамбалы2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Черная книга Сатаны III2024
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
CAELETHI Черная книга Сатаны II2024
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Черная книга Сатаны I2024
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
На гранi вiчного болю2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Євангелiє вiд Марiï. Пролог Незалежностi Украïни2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Украинец Москвин две противоположности2024
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe2023
Bannedgovernment· LGBTQ+ contentsource →
Patriot2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
ОУН в Центральнiй, Пiвденнiй та Схiднiй Украïнi, 1941-1950-тi рр.2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Яка нацiональна iдея украïнцiв2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Маздакиты на Кавказе2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Доба нацiоналiзму2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Двi революцii2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Siege2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Иудаизм и масонство2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Тайна беззакония2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Терновый венец России2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Ритуальные убийства2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Россия и мировое зло2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
Евангелие от Елизаветы2023
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Начала мусульманской веры2023
Bannedgovernment· Religious / blasphemysource →
Науковi записки2023
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
The Ukrainian Night2022
Bannedgovernment· Political contentsource →
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