Елфимова А.П.

The article is devoted to the role of the press in the organization and coverage of socialist competition during the Great Patriotic War. The basic directions of propagandistic and organizational impact on the labor activity in the Far East are revealed in the examples of particular newspaper articles. A variety of forms and methods of work of the press in covering the events of labor collectives for the fulfillment and over-fulfillment of state tasks in extreme conditions of wartime have been analyzed. The results of the research allow to make an impression on the work of journalists in the Far East and to assess the effective role of the press in uncovering the labor achievements of workers of the Far East during the war. Through the analysis of newspapers‘ activity the authors reveal patriotic initiative - initiative of the masses - that manifested itself in new forms of work such as ten-day (desyatniki), month-long (mesyachniki), the movements of the centurions (sotniki) and thousanders (tysyachniki), overfulfilling the normatives in mastering related professions. The publication of newspapers on the subject contained a deeper meaning, symbolizing the unity of the front and the rear.

This article is devoted to activities of the newspapers during the Great Patriotic war, the features of printing reconstruction. The special attention is paid to the specific forms and methods of work with various categories of the inhabitants.

The paper is devoted to the cultural changes in the Far North-East of the USSR in the 20th – 40th of the twentieth century. Special attention is paid to the education of the indigenous peoples of the region, a variety of ways of the work with the different categories of population are reveaeds as well as the training of the national staff.

В статье рассматривается процесс становления печати Северо-Востока России в первые два десятилетия советского периода. Раскрывается специфика деятельности газет с учетом национальных особенностей региона.