The activities of the Informative and cultural and educational establishments of the Russian government of Admiral A.V. Kolchak on uniting and coordinating of anti-bolshevist propaganda (spring - autumn 1919): inventing the Russian press bureauand Osvedve

The experience of the revolution and the Civil War in Russia has clearly demonstrated the significance of ideology and propaganda as a mobilizing factor, a tool of legitimation of power in the crucial moments of social life. Since May 1919 in Siberia there is a marked intensification of anti-Bolshevik propaganda, accompanied by a reorganization of the informative staff. This was due to several factors. First, Omsk politicians realize how poorly the governments, political and social circles of Western countries are informed about the events in Russia. Second, during this period the shape of the political program of the Omsk government became clearer. Third, by mid-May the Whites face a deteriorating situation at the front. Fourth, by mid-spring of 1919 the camp of anti-Bolshevik forces has the final political disengagement: moderate socialists are moving from the precarious coalition with the White movement to a policy of conditional support for the Bolshevik and Soviet authorities. Fifth, the failure of the front uncovered miscalculations and shortcomings in ideological work of the Russian government of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak government and its propaganda apparatus. Sixth, the radical restructuring of the informative departments of The Headquarters and General Staff took place in connection with the general reorganization of the central military apparatus. By the summer of 1919 the central place in the Kolchak propaganda machine was taken by the Press Department of the Administration Council of Ministers, Informative Department of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief staff or abbreviated Osvedverh, as well as the Russian press bureau. The establishment of such large structures as the RPB and Osvedverh streamlined organization of state propaganda among the troops and the population and gave it considerable proportions. During summer and autumn of 1919 the ideological apparatus of the Omsk Government worked actively to "revive and strengthen the spirit of patriotism and national identity", "destruction of the influence of Bolshevik propaganda". At the same time, the activities of informative departments were poorly coordinated.

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