The reflection of the events of mass political repressions of 1937-1938 on the pages of the periodical press (on the materials of the newspaper "Stakhanovets transporta")

Abstract

The article examines the process of formation of departmental periodicals on the USSR railway transport and the reflection of the events of mass political repression in 1937-1938 on the pages of the newspaper "Stakhanovets transporta". The object of study is publications and drawings of the printed management body and the political department of the Yaroslavl Railway. In the course of the research work, the main themes and images most often found on the pages of the newspaper "Stakhanovets transporta", reproducing the events of the "Great Terror", were analyzed, the role and place of departmental periodicals in reflecting the emotional mood of people and transmitting the atmosphere of the era were revealed.