KRYZHANIVSKY V. M. The periodical press of Elizavetgrad in June 1874 – February 1917

    The article analyzes the formation of newspaper periodicals in Yelisavetgrad in 1874 - 1917. Periodicals as a cultural phenomenon is a manifestation of the city modernization at the economic, social, and cultural level. During 1874–1905 three newspapers and one magazine were published in the city. They were an informative body that reflected the problems of economic, cultural development of the city and the Yelisavetgrad district.
    Local periodicals began to become a mean of public discussion on the state, society and city development at the turn of the 1880–1890's. I M. Khoromanskyi, S. Shelukhyn, V. Yastrebov, M. Markov, Ye. S. Kraiev, S. I. Dobrovolskyi, M. M. Fonberh were well-known publishers, reactors and journalists of this period. S. Shelukhyn transformed the "Yelisavetgradskiy Herald" into a printed publication that represented liberal and Ukrainophile ideas in 1889 – 1892.
    Newspapers and magazines represented the ideological preferences of their publishers in 1905 - 1917. The Voice of the South newspaper reflected the views of liberals, the Trud - socialists, and the Union - monarchists. Voice of the South was the most famous local newspaper, published in 1904 - 1920. The newspaper editorial staff professionally provided material on the political, economic, social, cultural life of the region and the Russian Empire.
   The newspapers had a clear rubric: front-page, feuilleton, correspondence, announcement. O. I. Selevin, D. S. Horshkov, M. M. Plotnikov, I. I. Makeiev, A. H. Haisynskyi, I. A. Shtein, K. F. Yarzhombovskyi, I. P. Fomenko are well-known newspaper editors of this period. P. Z. Riabkov, N. A. Braker, M. K. Kryzhanivskyi, O. N. Yefymovska, M. O. Pashkovskyi are famous public figures and journalists in 1905 – 1917.
 Keywords: newspaper, magazine, journalist, editor, publisher, modernization, ideology, Ukrainophilism, liberalism, revolution, empire, workers.