Based on the analysis of the periodicals of the 1920s, the article considersthe features of reflection in the materials of the regional press in the period of the new economic policy of the domestic policy of the state, the features of the economic and cultural development.

Based on the analysis of documents of the Lower Volga region archives and some periodicals of the 1920-1930s, the article deals with the characteristic forms of reporting about the industrial development of the region in the local press.The role of printed media in the process of socialistic modernization of the industry of the Lower Volga region is analyzed in the article.

Based on the analysis of the documents of the Lower Volga Region censorship authorities there is considered the mechanism of the state control over the contents of the regional periodicals. There are shown the characteristic material of the periodicals that do not meet the requirements of the censorship.