FORMS OF RUSSOCENTRISM PROPAGANDA ON THE PAGES OF THE SOVIET MILITARY PERIODICAL PRESS (MARCH 1944 - MAY 1945)
The article examines and interprets propaganda materials of the Soviet military periodical press. The author reveals the essence, content and purpose of russocentrism. At the same time, he focuses on images and concepts that were used in Russian-centric propaganda on the pages of the military press during the Red Army's march to Europe in March 1944 - May 1945. Based on the research, the author identifies the most common russocentric propaganda images and concepts, provides illustrative materials that reflect the content of propaganda of the russocentric ideology. Analysis of the content of front-line and army newspapers published in the period from March 1944 to May 1945 led to the conclusion that two propaganda forms were actively used to spread the ideas of russocentrism. On the one hand, newspapers published materials about the past of the Russian people, the meaning of which was expressed in the praise of the heroic images of Alexander Nevsky, A.V. Suvorov, P.I. Bagration, M.I. Kutuzov. On the other hand, to glorify the military success of the Red Army soldiers, the old Russian historical concepts of “hero” and “knight” were originally used. In general, the military periodical press in the period under review widely promoted the concept of russocentrism, which dominated propaganda periodicals. These materials were aimed at developing the red army soldiers, regardless of nationality, both “sense of ardent Soviet patriotism” and “Russian national pride”.