Missionary activity in the Chuvash region from 1739 to 1797

Abstract

This article is devoted to the consideration of the missionary activity of the Christian mission in the Chuvash region in the 18^th century. Since the first stage of the Christianization of local peoples turned out to be ineffective in the long term (due to the lack of fundamentally developed educational mechanisms), the new policy of the Russian Empire had to take into account the mistakes of the past. In this regard, a whole range of measures were taken, the implementation of which made it possible to achieve great success in the Christianization of the Chuvash region, overcoming interethnic confrontation, providing the necessary functionality for the mission and authorities in the region. Thus, the not very effective, but very costly period of the first wave of education had the necessary pedagogical effect, and also led to the achievement of the desired result. Despite many vicissitudes, state and church policy turned out to be so productive that its results still influence the ethnocultural environment.