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CHURCH AND SCHOOL PATRONAGE IN THE LEFT BANK UKRAINIAN DIOCESES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AT THE END OF THE XIX – THE EARLY XX C.

  • 1. Poltava University of Economics and Trade (3 Kovalya Str., Poltava, 36014, Ukraine).

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     The purpose of the article: based on the study of a diverse number of sources and scientific literature, highlight the role of patronage in the activity of church parish schools of the left-bank Ukrainian dioceses of the Russian Empire at the end of the XIX – the early XX c., identify its features, periodicity, role in the functioning of schools.

     Scientific novelty: the role of private initiative in the functioning of parish schools in the left-bank Ukrainian dioceses of the Russian Empire at the end of the XIX – the early XX c. is comprehensively considered. The features of donations for church and school affairs are characterized. It was determined that donations to schools were different (purchase of books, repair of premises, payment of teachersʼ labor, etc.) and most often had a local character and were not always recorded. An assumption is put forward about the important role of private initiative in the development of church and school affairs in the left-bank
Ukrainian dioceses of the Russian Empire at the end of the XIX – the early XX c.

     The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity, analysis, as well as historical-genetic and historical-comparative methods.

     Conclusions. Church-parochial schools played a great role in the education and upbringing of children, because they not only taught children to read and write, but also educated students on universal Christian values, which had a positive meaning. The role of private initiative in the development of parish schools was silenced by Soviet historiography. Sources indicate that benefactors have provided significant assistance to schools. Donations to schools were diverse and most often of a local nature. They were not always recorded in documents, in particular, at the request of patrons themselves, who, according to the Christian
tradition, did not desire earthly rewards and sometimes made donations on the condition of anonymity. Among the patrons of parish schools, we meet such famous names that played a significant role in the history of Ukraine, such as Kochubey, Galagany, Tereshchenka, Kharytonenka, Sumtsov, Myloradovych, Kapnist and others.

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