THE CHURCH LAND OWNERSHIP IN THE VORONEZH UEZD IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE XVII CENTURY
The article discusses the Church land ownership as one of the major sources for the Russian Orthodox church maintenance, and reveals the main stages of the State-Church interactions on the matters of the Church land ownership. The author characterizes the Church land ownership in the Voronezh uezd according to cadastral records (land registries), describes the activities of the state in allocating land to churches and monasteries, and also examines the degree of exploitation of existing land holdings.