Ternopil press of 1941–1944: Local History aspect

Abstract

Introduction. Recent years, local lore issues have been widely articulated in the media discourse, in which the process of rethinking of the historical and local lore narrative and the search for national identity continues.

Relevance and purpose. The purpose of the study is a general review of the press during the German occupation of the region and a study of the problem-thematic component of the materials of the local history spectrum on the pages of these publications. The relevance of the study is that this press has recently become available to scholars, so this group of periodicals to this day remains poorly studied in journalism. Methodology. The methodological basis was a systematic and comprehensive approach to the study of the publishing heritage of the district «Galychyna» and the Reich Commissariat of Ukraine using general and special methods of theoretical and empirical levels. Among the main: historical, analysis and synthesis, content analysis, induction and generalization. The monitoring method was used to form a sample of materials. Results. During the analyzed period (1941–1944), nine newspaper publications were published on the territory of the present-day Ternopil region. Local lore publications have become very popular on the pages of these publications, in which geographical, economic, historical and literary-artistic themes are singled out. Geographical topics were formed by newspaper publications, the object of which was the nature of the region as a whole and its individual components. The economic materials drew attention to the economic history of the region. The most extensive of the local lore narratives is the historical theme, which contained materials about famous historical figures of the region. Literary and artistic themes are represented by publications about the literary process of the region. Among other materials in the field of local lore, publications that cover the issue of Crimea’s belonging to Ukraine attract attention. Conclusions. A review of local lore in the periodicals of Ternopil region in 1941–1944 shows that it has always been one of the leading, through which the achievements of national thought were spread. The analyzed journals are important sources for studying the history of Ternopil region as one of the regional components of Ukraine, cover the problems of formation and development of local lore of the region during the occupation, are a direct source for historians, local historians, librarians, writers.