CONCEPTUAL PECULIARITIES OF THE FORMATION OF CULTURAL POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX - AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY
The article is devoted to the problem of the cultural policy of the Russian Empire in the North Caucasus in the second half of the XIX and at beginning of the XX century. The emphasis is on the change of the government's course from radical forcible measures aimed at conquering the North Caucasian peoples to a civilizational approach. As the main means of cultural policy the author singles out the following: Orthodoxy, the Russian language, education, public service, cultural institutions and public holidays.