Coverage of the Brusilov's Breakthrough in the Russian Army Newspaper “Soldatskii Vestnik” (May 22 – September 7, 1916). Part 3

The article examines the coverage in the newspaper "Soldatsky Vestnik" of the last, final stage of the Brusilov's breakthrough (July 27 -September 7, 1916).The newspaper Soldatsky Vestnik (issues 186-199) was used as materials.Methodologically, the work is based on the content analysis method, which made it possible to identify publications related to the Brusilov's breakthrough from several hundred newspaper publications of the "Soldatsky Vestnik" and analyze these materials.The chronological method was also used in the work, thanks to which we considered the events under study in the context of the historical situation and chronological sequence.The authors conclude that in early September 1916, an unfavorable situation was developing for the troops of the Russian Southwestern Front.Due to the long successful offensive, the Russian troops suffered serious losses in manpower.The same offensive forced the enemy to transfer large reserves from the Western to the Eastern Front, which practically equalized the attackers and defenders in their numbers.If we consider that the effect of surprise was long lost, then the continuation of the Brusilov's breakthrough in these conditions became unpromising, and the Russian command decided to stop it.Throughout the offensive operation of the Russian Southwestern Front under the command of General Brusilov, the main sources of official information for the newspaper "Soldatsky Vestnik" were reports "From the headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief".However, often additional sources were letters from soldiers to their homeland, as well as a variety of additional materials that were reprinted from other newspapers or compiled by the editorial board of the "Soldatsky Vestnik".Thus, a narrative was introduced aimed at increasing the military spirit of the Russian army during the Brusilov's breakthrough.