РОСІЙСЬКА ОКУПАЦІЯ СХІДНОЇ ГАЛИЧИНИ: РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦІЯ ПОДІЙ 1914 – 1915 рр. У ВІДЕНСЬКІЙ НІМЕЦЬКОМОВНІЙ ПРЕСІ

The purpose of the study is to elucidate the coverage of the Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia in the German-language press of Vienna in 1914 – 1915, in particular the Ukrainian publications focused on the German-speaking reader, to analyze the topics of the publications, the main narratives and means of influencing European public opinion, and to identify historical parallels with Russia's modern war against Ukraine. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity and systematicity and an interdisciplinary approach that combines press analysis, systematic and critical analysis of the source database, as well as content and comparative analysis of the press information mass. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the introduction of little-known materials of the Viennese German-language press in 1914 – 1915 into circulation, including the Ukrainian German-language press “Ukrainisches Korrespondenzblatt” (UK) and “Ukrainische Nachrichten” (UN), which covered events in Eastern Galicia occupied by Russia. For the first time in Ukrainian science, the issue has been analyzed how the Austrian and Ukrainian publicists (in the German-speaking world) interpreted the actions of the Russian occupation authorities not only as a military intervention, but also as a form of humanitarian aggression against the Ukrainian population. The relevance of the topic is due to historical parallels with the modern Russo-Ukrainian war, in particular the repetition of imperial practices, propaganda approaches, and the struggle to preserve the Ukrainian identity, as well as the lack of research on this issue based on the Ukrainian German-language press of Vienna during World War I. Conclusions. The content study of the Austrian and Ukrainian German-language press in Vienna at the beginning of World War I, namely the influential Austrian newspapers “Reichspost”, “Neue Freie Presse”, “Arbeiter-Zeitung” and the Ukrainian press “Ukrainische Nachrichten” and “Ukrainisches Korrespondenzblatt”, has shown that they covered the events of the Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia thoroughly carefully. The headlines of the publications have been analyzed, and the main journalistic narratives have been identified. Chief focus was on the attempts of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, through the Ukrainian German-language press, to convey the truth about repressions, the policy of Russification, and humanitarian aggression against the Ukrainians to the Western reader. Certain differences in tone, emphasis, and political approach to the humanitarian component of the conflict have been identified. The Austrian press mostly remained within the general war narrative, without focusing purposefully on the persecution of the Ukrainians as an ethnic group or a separate political group. The analysis of the German-language press in Vienna during the Russian occupation of Eastern Galicia in 1914 – 1915 enables us to draw clear historical parallels with Russia's modern war against Ukraine. Key words: Viennese German-language press, Ukrainian German-language press, “Ukrainische Nachrichten”, “Ukrainisches Korrespondenzblatt”, Russian occupation, Eastern Galicia.