There sure was censorship. Most famous russian poet Aleksander Pushkin was even personally censored by the Tzar. But burning books (as in, theatrically staging

There sure was censorship. Most famous russian poet Aleksander Pushkin was even personally censored by the Tzar. But burning books (as in, theatrically staging a ritual of burning offending books) - no, that didn't happen. Offending books were simply confiscated and likely left to rot in some warehouse..