RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES AND UNIONS IN SOCIAL SPACE OF SARATOV AND PENZA PROVINCES IN THE 1860-1880S
The article deals with religious communities and unions in the social space of Saratov and Penza provinces in the 1860-1880s. The author shows that the Russian Orthodox Church and the representatives of other beliefs made a significant contribution to the establishment of a number of public organizations. The clergy was occupied with pastoral care and spiritual enlightenment and hence offered their mite to the development of the sociocultural processes of the Russian provinces.