Sazonova Y. The sports press in Ukraine: peculiarities of formation and modern functioning.

The comprehensive research of features of the emergence, formation and functioning of the main tendencies of development of sports press in Ukraine since the late nineteenth century until 2010's was conducted. The causes and prerequisites of sports and sports press in Ukraine as part of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires were analyzed. The periodization of Sports Press in Ukraine in its history was developed and constitutional dominants of defined periods were characterized. The social and cultural and political conditions of existence of the press in each period were determined, the emergence, formation and evolution of the sports press in Ukraine for the one and half century of its existence was investigated, the structure of the sports press in Ukraine was analyzed, the most representative sports edition of each period were studied as well. The active ways of optimization of sports periodicals were developed, the place of sports press in the history of national journalism was defined. The bibliography sports books and dictionary of the greatest sports journalists of Ukraine since late nineteenth century until 2010's were represented.