STRUGGLE FOR SOBRIETY IN CHURCH PRESS PAGES OF THE BEGINNING OF THE XX<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY
The author invites readers to acquaint with clergy activity on the eradication of population's harmful habit to drink at the beginning of the XX<sup>th</sup> century, shows that for this purpose the opportunities of oral and written word were used, and in particular analyzes the content of Vedomosti of a number of eparchies, which authors told in their publications about the harm of alcohol, revealed the consequences of hard drinking for adults and children.