Özet:

Nowadays press is considered to be very important, that’s why it is called as forth power behind-the-scenes. The press was used as a very crucial means of ideological advocacy during the Soviet period. The article is devoted to the history of the first Kyrgyz periodical after the Soviet establishment till 1940 which is still in publish. The name of the newspaper which began being published named ―Erkin -Too‖ (Independent Mountain) on the 7th of November in 1924 was changed into ―Kyzyl Kyrgyzstan‖ in August 1927. It was initially published in Arabic letters, then it was published in Latin letters in 1930s, it continued publishing in Cyrillic letters after 1942. Because there were no textbooks in Kyrgyz, the first numbers of newspaper were used as a handbook, an ABC book, a textbook in secondary and high schools. The newspaper Kyzyl Kyrgyzstan made a significant contribution to the Kyrgyz literature and periodical press. Important information about policital history, economy and culture of Kyrgyzstan in the period which we are researching in the newspaper considered as a crucial source of studying 1920-1930s has been given. The political, economic and social - cultural functions of the newspaper were touched upon in the article.

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