REGULATION OF THE ORTHODOX AND ROMAN-CATHOLIC CHURCHES ACTIVITIES BY THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE LAW IN BELARUS (LATE XIX - EARLY XX CENTURIES)
The article analyses the position of both Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches on the Belarusian lands according to the legislation of the Russian Empire in the late XIX - early XX centuries. The Orthodox Church of this period was in a privileged position due to the freedom of preaching its faith. Despite some restrictions the patronized Roman Catholic Church functioned rather successfully.