title: Petrograd Newspapers about the Russian Front of the First World War during the Period between the Battle of Galicia and the Great Retreat
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metadata.value: Agapov, Vadim L.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-07-11T20:13:49Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-07-11T20:13:49Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-06
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metadata.value: Agapov V. L. Petrograd Newspapers about the Russian Front of the First World War during the Period between the Battle of Galicia and the Great Retreat. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2024, vol. 69, issue 2, рp. 457–478. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2024.213 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2024.213
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45744
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines official reports and comments on the actions of the Russian army in
  mass newspapers in Petrograd during the World War I. The analysis is based on the newspapers
  “Petrogradskii listok” and “Gazeta-kopeika”. It shows that the newspaper publications,
  selected over a long period, make it possible to reconstruct a draw up a fairly accurate idea of
  the stages in the development of warfare. Although military reports were written vaguely to
  conceal an inconvenient truth, certain keywords enable to give a true picture of the state of affairs
  at the front. Listing captured cities, numerous prisoners, and trophies in military reports
  proved that the Russian army was successfully advancing. Such news noticeably boosted the
  mood of the population in the rear, which was expressed in patriotic demonstrations. The predominance
  of reports about “single battles” for villages and hills, about trenches, strong fortifications,
  of artillery skirmishes, and about repelling “fierce attacks” of the enemy in which they
  sustained “heavy losses” testified to the transition to defense and positional warfare. During
  these periods, the expression “without significant changes” was often used. The emergence in
  reports such phrases as “deterrence”, “regrouping”, “taking up more advantageous positions”
  and evading words “withdrawal” and and “retreat” meant that the army had started retreating.
  Commentaries on military reports in mass press confirmed the official version of the events,
  whereas military failures were perceived in terms of the existence of a “grand plan” by the
  military authorities that would lead the country to victory.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 69; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: World War I
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian Empire
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Petrograd
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: information policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: military reports
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: periodicals
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: penny press
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Petrograd Newspapers about the Russian Front of the First World War during the Period between the Battle of Galicia and the Great Retreat
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metadata.value: Article
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