Official editions for the period of the middle XIX - beginning of XX century in the Russian province influenced greatly the formation of social and cultural environment. Whilst their typological classification is still being controversial and can be difficult. In terms of the official press of Novgorod province the typological characteristics and evolutional dynamic of such editions is being reviewed. General analogies and main differences in type formation as well as its tendencies have been identified. Also such notions as В«province gazetteВ» and В«eparchy gazetteВ».
