THE NEWSPAPER «OKRAINY ROSSII» ON THE PROBLEMS OF GOVERNING THE TURKESTAN REGION (1906-1912)

Abstract

The article analyzes the materials of the conservative publication of the early twentieth century, the newspaper «Okrainy Rossii», devoted to management problems in the Turkestan General government. The newspaper «Okrainy Rossii» presents the opinions of representatives of the highest aristocracy who adhere to right-wing ideology. The media was engaged in covering the problems of the outlying territories of the empire, the authors advocated the successful course of the reform of these lands. Through publications, they updated the problems of the region for the government and society, focusing on the need for administrative reform, because In many areas, the same management functions were duplicated by different departments, and many decisions were delayed due to the complicated procedure for their adoption. The analysis of the articles reveals the contradictions between centralized directives, local administrative arbitrariness and the challenges of integrating nomadic communities, forming a discourse about Russia’s «civilizing mission» in Central Asia. The authors of the newspaper «Okrainy Rossii» saw the need to build an effective management structure, criticized the existing one, and proposed modernization options. The publication mostly condemns managerial activities in the Turkestan General Government, but there are also laudatory reviews of some administrative steps and figures. What the publications have in common is the support of the state narrative about the successful completion of the process of incorporation of the Turkestan Governorate-General into the imperial management field.