The main problematic-thematic directions of the press of the Ukrainian Galician army

The article examines and analyzes the main presses edition of Ukrainian Galician Army including «Strilets» and «Striletskyj Shljah». The author defines the problem-themed areas of military press UGA and gives their brief description including: battle your way troops, the formation of the Ukrainian army, social and economic developments in Ukraine, international events and Ukraine in their context, developments in the oppressed Ukrainian lands, meet the religious needs of the military, biographical material, and the host government leaders, the cultural life of the state and army. The author also examines the status information content of contemporary periodicals Western Ukrainian People’s Republic. Analyzing the material can form a definite conclusion about the difficult path of creating Ukrainian troops, its problems and mistakes along the way. Besides, author identifies the following problem-themed areas, typical only for military press UGA: coverage in Galicia, a retrospective reflection of events1918 (Battle for Lvov), problems of military specialists and their use Galician Army — advantages of specialists — not Ukrainian service to UGA, preserving the integrity of Galician Army’s unity, which substantiated the need to keep the morale of the troops, the desire to win Galicia.