V. V. Sapozhnikov and Questions of Spiritual Education in Siberia in 1918—1919
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2021-11-436-450
Abstract
A little-known fact in the history of churchstate relations on the territory of Siberia is considered: the reforms that affected theological schools and public education in 1918—1919. The relevance of the study is due to the unresolved problems of teaching religious subjects in modern Russia. The author’s attention is focused on the figure of Vasily Vasilyevich Sapozhnikov, an outstanding researcher and geographer, traveler who during the Civil War held the post of Minister of Public Education in the anti-Bolshevik governments. The most important event is covered — the Siberian Council Meeting of 1918, which was a continuation of the Local Council of 1917—1918 at the local level. It is shown that it was at the end of 1918 in Tomsk that representatives of non-Bolshevik political parties, public figures and clergy tried to resolve the long-awaited issue of changes in the structure of spiritual education in Russia, as well as in the reform of teaching the Law of God in Russia. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that it managed to combine the literature about Vasily Sapozhnikov published over the past decades with the recently published documents on the Siberian Council Meeting.
Keywords
Siberian Council Meeting,
Vasily Vasilievich Sapozhnikov,
Civil War,
Orthodox Church,
spiritual education
Supporting agencies: The material was prepared with the support of the Russian Science Foundation project № 21-18-00266 “The religious factor in Russia during the Civil War: the phenomenon, significance and regional specificity”, carried out at the St. Petersburg State University
About the Author
I. V. Petrov
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ivan V. Petrov, PhD in History Senior Researcher
St. Petersburg
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Petrov I.V. V. V. Sapozhnikov and Questions of Spiritual Education in Siberia in 1918—1919. Nauchnyi dialog. 2021;(11):436-450. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2021-11-436-450
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