Church local lore on the pages of Tomskiye Eparchial Vedomosti (1880–1919)

Abstract

This publication attempts to present a list of authors and their publications in one of the church publications of the pre–revolutionary Russian Empire — the journal «Tomsk Diocesan Vedomosti». In general, information is given about the publication of Diocesan Gazettes in Russia in the second half of the XIX — early XX centuries. We have carried out a periodization of the history of this journal, consisting of three periods. The first period was from 1880 to 1891, the second — from 1891 to 1914, and the third — from 1914 to 1919. While working on the article, an integrated approach is used, methods of analysis and synthesis, the method of historical and logical are used. The results obtained allow us to conclude about the importance of the periodical «Tomsk Diocesan Gazette» as a source of information about the history of local lore of the Tomsk diocese. At the end of the XIX — beginning of the XX century, the territory of the Tomsk diocese included the territories of the present Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, regions, Altai Krai and the Altai Republic. The authors of the publication in question were mainly teachers of the Tomsk Theological Seminary and representatives of the clergy of the city of Tomsk. The whole set of publications of diverse materials created interest in the magazine among readers. Thus, the magazine was aimed at different categories of representatives of civil society: the clergy and intelligentsia, ordinary people, urban residents and rural business executives. Thanks to the materials of the TEV, the local clergy engaged in self-education, drew materials for extra-liturgical conversations.