The image of a «wrecker» in the «Pravda»

The article examines the key ideological component of the Soviet press of the 1930-s - the image of a «wrecker» and the interference of the central and local press organs. It promotes the decision of the main problem in the research - to define the role of a «wrecking» phenomenon in the political life of the USSR. The author analyzes the image of a «wrecker» as the structural element of the system of social mobilisation during the period of the «Great terror».