ОБРАЗ РОСІЙСЬКО-ТУРЕЦЬКОЇ ВІЙНИ НА СТОРІНКАХ ПРЕСИ ГАЛИЦЬКИХ УКРАЇНЦІВ В ОСТАННІЙ ТРЕТИНІ ХІХ СТОЛІТТЯ

The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 was in the spotlight of European journalism. Periodicals of Ukrainians of Halychyna could not ignore it. The events of the war were described by magazines that had a section of international chronicles, specifically russophile «Slovo» and ukrainophile «Pravda». Each of these periodicals in its own way represented the war. The main difference in the coverage of the conflict was the attitude towards the Russian Empire. «Slovo» was on the side of Russia. The magazine promoted the idea that Russia was the only state that could liberate the Slavic peoples enslaved by the Ottoman Empire. «Slovo» used Russian periodicals as sources of information about the war and often simply projected their vision of events onto the Halychyna reader. «Pravda», like «Slovo», was concerned about the future fate of the Slavs who inhabited the Ottoman Empire. Unlike «Slovo», «Pravda» did not sympathize with the Russian Empire and did not see it as a state liberator of the Slavs. «Pravda’s» editors believed that the Slavs should win their better future on their own, not by the intervention of one of the empires. The editorial board of «Slovo» as well as the editorial board of «Pravda» interpreted the events of the Russo-Turkish war based on the positions of their political views. Newspapers before the war had a formed attitude to the hostile empires and projected it on their readers already in times of military confrontation. Despite the contradictions in the attitude to the Russian Empire, the editors of «Pravda» and «Slovo» took about the same position on the role of the Ottoman Empire in this conflict. Both newspapers criticized the Ottoman Port for violating Slavic rights, and drew attention to Turkish war crimes in Bulgaria.

press of Halychyna, «Slovo», «Pravda», Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.