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The theme of the article concerns the history of journalism and sociocultural history. It considers how the magazine “Siberian Echoes” and newspaper “Mail and Telegraph”covered the questions connected with preparation for the First State Duma’s elections and early activities. “Siberian Echoes” was a weekly illustrated political, public and literary magazine published in Tomsk. “Mail and Telegraph” was the first newspaper in the Minusinsk district of the Yenisei province. The weekly was some kind of compromise between two former main types of journalism: daily newspapers and thick monthly magazines. It added quick response on topical subjects, which was typical for the newspaper. The form of representation of materials in “Siberian Echoes” to readers was extremely close to that of newspaper. Such proximity was revealed by the author based on the overall review of publications in both periodicals (“Siberian Echoes” and “Mail and Telegraph”), especially in regard to materials discussing political questions relevant for contemporaries. These editions were pulled together also by a position of their editors-publishers V.A. Dolgorukov and V. V. Fedorov. The author analyzes the newspaper and magazine correspondence devoted to the State Duma, representing a position of voters and the authorities. Correspondence of these editions demonstrated what importance was attached by the Siberian community to the State Duma and participation of peasants in the election campaign. It also proved the conclusion that at the beginning of the XX century the periodical press turned into a powerful mouthpiece for the public moods of the most broad masses of population.