Enlighting of the political themes on the pages of the journal «Bulletin for Rusyns in Austrian state»

The article analyses the most significant publications of the journal, that lighted up the course of that time political events and the reaction on them in the world, and it states the circle of authors of the materials published in columns of the journal, on the basis of the archived information it has been specified about the most active authors of the journal, the influence of the journal on forming of national consciousness of under-Austrian Ukrainians in the middle of the ХІХ century has been reserched. It outlines the value of the journal in highlighting the issues of foreign and internal policy of Austria. The publications, that revealed the range of problems of the fighting of the Ukrainian and Polish people whose territories were divided between Austria and Russia, have been researched.

Keywords: a journal, a publication, a correspondent, an author, readers, an editorial board, national consciousness, under-Austrian Ukrainians.