The succession of Kharkiv cadet periodicals during the First Bourgeois Democratic Revolution

The author uses archival documents to analyse the dynamics of change of the Kharkiv Cadet periodicals during the First Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution. Particular attention is paid to the interaction between liberal press and local authorities, the attempt of the Kharkiv liberal public to promote the interests of its social audience through the press and the response from the authorities to the civil initiative "from below." Immediately upon publishing the Tsarist Manifesto of October 17, the local branch of the Constitutional Democratic Party was established in Kharkov. It began running its printed organ - the daily newspaper Mir. Totally there were eleven issues of the newspaper published from November 27 to December 9, 1905. However, as it was a liberal printed organ covering the most topical and acute issues of the day and criticizing the government and local administration, the newspaper was soon suspended until further decision of the Kharkiv Provisional Governor-General. The niche was then occupied by other cadet periodicals, as Volna, Budushchee, Devyatyy val, and Nakanune in turn. The ideological and political succession of the Kharkov Cadet periodicals was ensured by the succession of its editorial and publishing staff. The First Bourgeois Democratic Revolution started the non-governmental newspaper Utro, which was published from 1906 to 1916, despite numerous suspensions, fines, administrative penalties.

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