Periodical as a means of interaction between front and rear in the conditions of the First World War
The article is devoted to the role of the periodical press in the formation of interaction between front and rear in the First World War. On the basis of previously unknown documents and materials of the Russian press itself the mechanism of this interaction is revealed, the attitude of the military and civil authorities to the periodical press is demonstrated, and the constituent elements of this process in the form of military censorship activities are touched upon. The article provides biographical data, including previously unknown ones, of M.N. Kolands and V.V. Kazarinov, who came up with the unusual initiative of collecting newspapers for the front. The author of the article concludes that periodicals performed a number of important functions during the war, influencing the mood prevailing in the rear and at the front. The periodicals managed to master new instruments of subordinating public sentiments to the national and military goals. This circumstance explains not only the desire of the military command to provide the front with the necessary printed products, but also the initiatives arising on this account in the rear.