Historical circumstances of the establishment and development of the newspaper „Zhovtnevyi hudok” – periodic eidition of Luhansk diesel locomotve plant (1928–2017)

The article attempts to investigate the historical circumstances of the founding and development of the legendary periodical of the Luhansk Locomotive Plant (1928–2017) – the newspaper „Zhovtnevyi hudok”. It is proved that the magazine emerged as a relevant and necessary means of mass information, internal communication and political propaganda among the staff of the enterprise during its fundamental technological reconstruction in 1928 – 1933. The organizational measures of the newspapers „Zhovtnevyi hudok” and „Luhanska pravda” to increase efficiency work of the staff of the locomotive enterprise by carrying out joint raids on production and coverage of the progress of increasing the production capacity of the locomotive plant, the struggle for the implementation of planned indicators, the implementation of shock obligations, postwar reconstruction, etc. It was found out that the editorial board of the factory magazine, which became resource of professionals for regional journalism in Luhansk region, was awarded the Diploma of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the USSR, and the newspaper itself was repeatedly recognized as the best production publication in Ukraine and equated to the city district. Despite the fact that during the 1990s and 2000s the volume and circulation of the newspaper were significantly limited and the editorial staff was redundant, the newspaper „Zhovtnevyi hudok”, having withstood numerous economic crises, continued to cover the production activities of the Luhansk diesel locomotive plant, remaining in high demand. layers of workers of the enterprise and professional specialists. Unfortunately, due to the infamous events and the related crisis of the legendary machine-building enterprise, in the 90th year of its existence, the newspaper „Zhovtnevyi hudok” was abolished in 2017.