THE PARTICIPATION OF THE NEWSPAPER «ZA SIL’S’KOHOSPODARS’KI KADRY» IN THE COVERAGE OF PREPARATIONS FOR, HOLDING OF AND RESULTS OF 1990 PARLIAMENTARY AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN KYIV

Abstract

The article is devoted to exploring the displaying the features of 1990 parliamentary and local elections in Kyiv on the pages of the newspaper of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy «Za sil’s’kohospodars’ki kadry». It’s discovered that the called newspaper hasn’t been researched yet as a source on the history of 1990 elections of the Supreme and local Councils of the Ukrainian SSR. It’s found that the first news about the called elections appeared in issues of the researched newspaper in September 1989 and were linked to discussion on the draft republican and local electoral laws which continued until October 1989. From November 1989 to February 1990 editors of the researched newspaper posted information about the involvement of UACA branches of Communist Party, Komsomol and labour unions in the preparation for elections, the establishment of the local election commissions, their composition and features of their activities, the process of the nomination and registration of candidates, characteristics of election campaigning within the Moskovskyi district of Kyiv with an emphasis on specificity of UACA. One of characteristics of the newspaper «Za sil’s’kohospodars’ki kadry» was the almost complete absence of news about voting results on 4 and 18 May 1990 in the elections for Supreme and local Councils of the Ukrainian SSR, especially about quantitative indicators. Renewed attention of the investigated newspaper to the coverage of 1990 parliamentary and local elections marked its issues printed in April 1990 which contain the appeal of V. Kyzyma who was elected a deputy of the Kyiv City Council of the 1st (21st) convocation as the candidate representing UACA and election platforms of two candidates for Moskovskiy City District Council repeat elections. Despite the uneven coverage of preconditions, the conduct and consequences of 1990 elections in Kyiv in issues of the newspaper «Za sil’s’kohospodars’ki kadry» with the main focus on discussion of draft electoral laws, the participation of Communist Party branches of UACA in preparations for elections, features of activities of local election commissions and the process of the nomination and registration of candidates, the named newspaper is characterized by the regularity in the coverage of the called elections and discovers their local features within the Moskovskyi district of Kyiv.