A spectrum of the discussed political topics in the publications of the Tomsk region in 1990-1997

The first years of economic (market) reforms, first held in the USSR and then in Russia, were accompanied by a sharp decline in living standards of the population and a deep administrative and political crisis. All these phenomenon and processes were relevant to the editorial boards of both central and regional press. In view of the extensiveness of the published on the pages in the print media material of those years, it is reasonable to analyze it comprehensively and regional. The aim of this study is to highlight some of the political problems of the early 1990's on the basis of the print media of the Tomsk region. The topicality of the research is determined by the increasing role of opposition political propaganda and demonstration of interest in the study of problems in historical aspect. The subject of this work is political issues on the pages of printed media of the Tomsk region in 1990-1997. The main methods of the research are the principle of historicism and content analysis of the press. The result of the work was the analysis of regional printed media. The last one allowed to the author to draw conclusion that these regional printed media reflected the political situation in the country and in the region, had their own perspective on the events of that time. In general, the positions of the main regional print media of the Tomsk region during the researched period were as follows: - The newspaper «Krasnoye Znamya» («The Red flag»), the followers of the centrist positions, closer to the left, reflects mostly the interests of former heads of state industrial enterprises; the democratic forces cooperated with this newspaper. There have been attempts to analyze economic reforms. It is the former newspaper of the Regional Committee of the CPSU. It was published at the expense of founders and advertising revenues. - The newspaper «Tomskiy Vestnik» («The Bulletin of Tomsk») is centre-right, and is supported by democratic organizations, deputies. The founder of the newspaper is the Council of the city of Tomsk. The newspaper is published with funds from the city budget and the funds of subscribers. - The newspaper «Narodnaya tribu-na» («The tribune of the people») is the left position, provides a page with all political forces indiscriminately. The newspaper is established by the Regional Council and supports the position of the regional Council, criticizes the President and the Government. This periodical is published with funds from the Regional Council, subscribers and advertising. After sample analysis of publications of Tomsk print media in 1990-1997, the author concludes that local periodical print publications: - In 1990-1992 - they particularly acute empathy with readers of the failure of economic reforms and blamed all of the CPSU; - From 1990 to 1995 - they actively printed materials about the newly formed parties and movements, often dividing the democratic position; - From 1995 to 1997 - they start to criticize the democratic forces; - They intensified on the eve of election campaigns; - They represented the interests loyal to the government and political forces, opposition organizations, as well as independent views and opinions; - They brought in the light of new policy makers such as S. Sulakshin, and B. Shaydullin, as well as published materials about the persons already known to the readers, such as B. Kress; - In the period under review they had identified and reviewed on their page a wide range of socio-political and economic problems in the country and the region.

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