О НАПРАВЛЕНИЯХ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ ПРАВОСЛАВНОГО ДУХОВЕНСТВА, СВЕТСКОЙ ВЛАСТИ И ОБЩЕСТВА НА ТОБОЛЬСКОМ СЕВЕРЕ В XIX - НАЧАЛЕ XX ВЕКА

Abstract

The article is devoted to the role of priests in the life of the Russian and indigenous population of the Tobolsk North (in the modern borders - Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Districts). The sides of social activity of the clergy, which had a positive influence on the parishioners in solving the problems of modernization of this remote and sparsely populated region, are mainly considered. It is stated that during the XIX century the duties of the parishes and rural deans have been gradually increasing. The importance of the following types of extra-liturgical activities is described: issuance of metric certificates and extracts, maintenance of accounting and statistical documentation, deployment of medical services for the population and monitoring of sanitary and hygienic standards, food supply to local residents, dissemination of advanced agro-technical methods, smoothing internal conflicts between Russians and natives, attraction of parishioners to charity, etc. Conclusions are made that the socio-educational service opened an opportunity to root in the Tobolsk North the features of a new, European civilization, and the changed conditions of social life allowed the clergy to apply multiple ways of influencing the processes taking place in the regional society.