«The Yenisei provincial sheets» - the forgotten newspaper of Eastern Siberia

In the review of the Siberian press of the leader of the Siberian oblastnichestvo of N. M. Yadrintsev (1885) only some words were told about "Yenisei provincial sheets". The statement of the classic became a basis for studying of history of the newspaper by the subsequent authors. If critical articles from "Irkutsk provincial sheets" are source for studying of social movement in Siberia, objections of "Yenisei provincial sheets" concerning criticism from Irkutsk have not studying and have not commenting in research literature. Distinctive features of informal part "Yenisei provincial sheets" in the end of the 50 - the beginning of the 60th years are articles about equipment of gold mining, verses on household subjects and collective letters in protection of known Krasnoyarsk citizens. "The Yenisei provincial sheets" wrote about the provision of indigenous people of the Yenisei province, low level of health care, backwardness of education, local government and status of exiled. Often subjects and contents of articles were ordinary, but they reflected an everyday life and interests of the province. The program of sheets was flexible and governors could exploit points of the program and depending on a changing public situation. History of informal part "Yenisei provincial sheets" can be divided into stages: 1858-1865 - reflection by the newspaper of the main events of public life of the province; 1866-1890 - loss by the newspaper of public value; 1891-1893 - extension of the program of sheets, in connection with journey through Siberia the successor of a throne 1894-1899 - again the edition according to the reduced program; 1900-1901 - attempt to give to the newspaper universal character (including covering of the international events) for carrying out governmental influence and oppositions to the liberal oppositional newspaper "Yenisei"; 1902-1917 - the newspaper edition according to the reduced program (except when events of Russian-Japanese war 1904-1905 were described); 1917-1918 - acquisition by "Yenisei provincial sheets" political character as official newspaper of the provincial commissioner of Provisional Government (socialist press organ), and after October, 1917 as official newspaper of Soviets of workers and peasants deputies (bolshevist press organ).

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