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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">22343</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2019-24-3-486-498</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The British Weekly: a case study of British propaganda to the Soviet Union during World War II</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Еженедельник «Британский союзник» - инструмент информационной кампании против СССР в годы Второй мировой войны</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kotelenets</surname><given-names>Elena A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Котеленец</surname><given-names>Елена Анатольевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Department of Russian History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор исторических наук, профессор кафедры истории России факультета гуманитарных и социальных наук Российского университета дружбы народов</p></bio><email>kotelenets-ea@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lavrenteva</surname><given-names>Maria Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лаврентьева</surname><given-names>Мария Юрьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>postgraduate student, Department of Mass Communications, Philological Faculty, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры массовых коммуникаций филологического факультета Российского университета дружбы народов</p></bio><email>mlavrentyeva@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 24, NO3 (2019)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 24, №3 (2019)</issue-title><fpage>486</fpage><lpage>498</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-12-04"><day>04</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Kotelenets E.A., Lavrenteva M.Y.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Котеленец Е.А., Лаврентьева М.Ю.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kotelenets E.A., Lavrenteva M.Y.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Котеленец Е.А., Лаврентьева М.Ю.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/22343">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/22343</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The research investigates a publishing history of the Britansky Souyznik (British Ally) weekly (further - British Weekly) in Russian language, which was published in the Soviet Union by the UK Ministry of Information in the Second World War years and to 1950. This newspaper published reports from fronts where British troops fought against Nazi Germany and its allies, articles on British-Soviet military cooperation, materials about British science, industry, agriculture, and transport, reports on people’s life in the UK, historical background of British Commonwealth countries, cultural and literature reviews. British Weekly circulation in the USSR was 50,000 copies. The main method used for the research was the study of the newspaper’s materials, as well as the propaganda concepts of its editorial board and their influence on the audience. The researched materials are from archives of the Soviet Foreign Ministry as well as of the UK Ministry of Information and Political Warfare Executive (1940-1945), declassified by the British Government only in 2002, on the basis of which an independent analysis is conducted. The British Weekly played a bright role in the formation of techniques and methods of British foreign policy propaganda to Soviet public opinion in 1942-1945. Results of the research indicates that the British government launched foreign policy propaganda to the USSR immediately after breaking-out of World War II and used the experience of the British Weekly for psychological warfare in the Cold War years.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье рассматривается история еженедельника «Британский союзник», который издавался и распространялся в СССР Министерством информации Великобритании в 1942-1950 гг. Актуальность исследования обусловлена тем, что в последнее время возрос интерес к понятию «информационная война». Особое внимание уделяется анализу материалов о том, как Великобритания позиционирует свои достижения в борьбе с нацистской Германией и ее сателлитами. В исследовании представлен обзор более 170 выпусков (период 1942-1945 гг.) еженедельника «Британский союзник». Исследуемые материалы получены из архивов МИД РФ, рассекреченных российским правительством только в 2015 г., а также из Министерства информации Великобритании (1940-1945), рассекреченных британским правительством в 2002 г. Доказано, что еженедельник сыграл значительную роль в формировании приемов и методов британской пропаганды на советское общественное мнение в 1942-1945 гг. Результаты исследования показывают, что британское правительство вело внешнеполитическую пропаганду в СССР сразу после начала Второй мировой войны и использовало газету в качестве инструмента глобальной психологической войны, охватывающей период 1939-1950 гг.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>The Britansky Souyznik (British Ally) weekly</kwd><kwd>allies of World War II</kwd><kwd>UK Ministry of Information</kwd><kwd>Soviet Information Bureau</kwd><kwd>The Embassy of the United Kingdom in the USSR</kwd><kwd>foreign policy propaganda</kwd><kwd>psychological warfare</kwd><kwd>information warfare</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>газета «Британский союзник»</kwd><kwd>антигитлеровская коалиция</kwd><kwd>министерство информации Великобритании</kwd><kwd>Совинформбюро</kwd><kwd>посольство Великобритании в СССР</kwd><kwd>внешнеполитическая пропаганда</kwd><kwd>психологическая война</kwd><kwd>психологическое воздействие</kwd><kwd>информационная война</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Arhiv vneshnej politiki Rossijskoj Federacii (AVPRF) [Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation (AVPRF)]. 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