Development Gorny Altai press in 1922-1941

The history of press of Gorny Altai is connectedwith the establishment of the Soviet power, due to the particularity of social, economic and cultural development of the region. Areaformation, necessity of the decision of problems of socialist building promoted the decision of questions of development of printing in region.In January, 1922 the printing house from village Altaiskoe was transported to village Ulalinsky. Regional newspapers «Oirotsky region», «Red Oirotiia» (after 1948 «The Star of Altai») began to appear in Russian. The first issue of the newspaper «Kyzyl Solun Tabysh» inaltaian language was published in November, 15th, 1922. By the end of 30th the network of press organs in Gorny Altai was integrated. Thenewspapers, being bodies of the party power, first of all solved the political problems. Among them «fruitful work on moral education ofworkers, their mobilization on performance of problems of economic and cultural building». Generation and formation of press in languagesof the local people occurred along with distribution of writing and literacy among local population.Since 1932-1933 there appeared many popular newspapers. One of these newspapers during the investigated period was "Kyzyl Oirot",issued in Altaian language. In the course of developing the newspapers there appeared constant headings. For example, in the newspaper"Oirotsky Region" the number of constant headings included: the Siberian news, party life, in different countries, in Soviet union, we lookwork of councils, questions and answers, run on Ulala, etc.Editorial offices looked through the readers mails. Tried to understand their personal problems, told about exciting events in areas, at theenterprises. Throughout the whole period of newspaper, the heading «Party life» was constantly operating. It spotlighted the informationabout activity of party bodies in region. The reports from congresses, meetings, conferences were also printed there. So, in the given headingof the newspaper from January, 4th, 1928 the readers were informed about the course of checking out the activity of members of the Komsomolin Chemalsky aimak. Soon the next issue of the newspaper informed the readers about the similar check in Shebalinsky aimak. It wasimportant to inform the readers about the activity of Members of the Komsomol - «leaders of a new life» and to show party control andmovement support. The newspapers were bodies of a party and executive power, th newspapers enlightened the people about the ideas ofbuilding a new life, were a window in the far capitalist world, were «agitators and propagandists». The first decades of formation of printingfaced a lack of shots, shortage of printing capacities, with a problem of recovering the illiterate audience.

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