Production activities and development issues of the printing industry in Sredne-Volzhsky Krai in the early 1930s (based on materials from the Sredne-Volzhsky Regional Printing Trust)

the article examines the development of the printing industry in the Sredne-Volzhsky Krai (Middle Volga region) during the 1930s within the context of studying the history of Soviet journalism. Special attention is paid to the activities of the Sredne-Volzhsky Kraipoligraftrest (Middle Volga Regional Printing Trust), which served as the primary instrument for organizing the region’s printing infrastructure from 1925 to 1932. The author analyzes the trust’s role in meeting the demand for printed materials and disseminating socialist propaganda through the press. By engaging with historiography on the development of Soviet industry in the 1930s, the author concludes that there is a lack of well-established understanding of how regional printing industries functioned during this period. The study argues that examining the printing industry in the Sredne-Volzhsky Krai helps reveal the specificities of Soviet press operations and assess the role of printing in advancing ideological objectives of the time. The article contributes to a comprehensive exploration of 1930s Soviet journalism history and is of interest to specialists in media history and printing.

Soviet journalism, printing industry, propaganda, Kraipoligraftrest, Sredne-Volzhsky Krai