The Petrograd (Leningrad) Theological and Pastoral school in 1918-1928
The article tells a brief story of military clergy in XIV-XIX<sup>th</sup> centuries in Russia, it is told about prerequisites of radical reformwhich was carried out by the protopresbyter of military and sea clergy Alexander Zhelobovsky in 1890-1910, stages and the main directions of its carrying out. Positive influence of reform on the spiritual and educational level of military clergy, soldiers and officers, on growth of number of priests and military temples is noted. The non-standard methods used by the priest Alexander Zhelobovsky in his activity, which provided his success, are noted.