GENRE AND TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DISSIDENT COMMUNICATIONS IN UKRAINE (1960 – early 1990)

The article deals with the investigation of genre and typological characteristics of the dissident communications in Ukraine by example of journals "Ukrainsky Visnyk", "Yevshan-zillya", "Porogi". The dissident communications as an alternative source of infor- mation in Ukraine made an impact on Soviet information environment, despite all obstacles and “jammings” as well as repressions and clashed with the dominant model of information. Relevance of the study is determined by the need for analysis and understanding of the func- tioning of the dissident communications in a society by example of Ukraine, because it re- flects the social and political processes in the alternative sources of information