Bibliographic reference book "Newspapers of the USSR 1917-1960" contains information about newspapers published in the USSR since the Great October Socialist Revolution. For local newspapers, the beginning of the accounting period is the date of the establishment of Soviet power in the province (region). If it was not possible to accurately determine this date, newspapers are recorded from the moment Soviet power was established in the republic in which the described newspaper was published. Bolshevik newspapers are reflected for the entire time of their publication (within the accounting period), regardless of the time of the establishment of Soviet power in the area. The directory contains central, republican, regional, provincial, regional, district, district, district, city, transport, military newspapers, as well as newspapers of various societies, committees and organizations published in the first years of Soviet power, regardless of their political orientation.