THE PRESS OF EASTERN SIBERIA UNDER A.V. KOLCHAK (JUNE 1918 - NOVEMBER 1919).

Typological processes in the press system of Eastern Siberia are considered in connection with the changes of political forces arrangement after the overthrow of Bolsheviks by autumn of 1918, during the activity of the Provisional Siberian Government and A.V. Kolchak's military dictatorship.One of the first decisions of the Time Siberian Government became a decision On Inadmissibility of Soviet Organisations. Soviet editions and other editions out of favour with the new regime were closed. The newspapers and the magazines closed by Bolsheviks were renewed; there appeared new editions. Within the four months of work of the Provisional Siberian Government, Eastern Siberia formed a system of the press appropriate to the new government needs. Naturally, this system of the press did not include editions of the extreme political parties - Bolsheviks, monarchists and Black Hundreds.On the eve of November 18, 1918, pressed by the monarchist officers and the western allies, the military minister of the Directory A.V. Kolchak made a military coup and was declared the Supreme Governor of Russia. The press felt the rigid hand of dictatorship. Printed editions were not closed, as the Provisional Siberian Government had already suppressed the opposition press. On December 12, 1918 the preliminary censorship of the press was introduced. Its subsequent cancellation did not create the necessary conditions for the independent printed press - there still were practices of newspapers confiscation, their closings, the suits, and other administrative sanctions under the discretion of the military authorities.Thus, the press systems during the Monarchical power, during the Provisional Siberian Government regime, during the first period of the Soviet power in Eastern Siberia, and the model of the Supreme Governor of Russia A.V. Kolchak did not differ in one main thing - they all were not based on democratic principles.

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