The influence of the Russian factor on spiritual, religious and cultural processes in Podillia province at the end of XVIIIth – in the first half of the XIXth century

The article based on the analysis of literature and a complex of sources substantiates the thesis that spiritual and religious and educational and cultural processes in Podillia at the end of the XVIIIth century – in the first half of the XIXth century occurred under the growing influence of the Russian factor. On the factual material it is shown that the Russian Empire not only acted as the initiator and architect of the annexation of Podillia and the entire Right-Bank Ukraine, but also identified trends and caused significant transformations in the development of religion, education and culture with its incorporation policy, which covered all spheres of public life. It was emphasized that, having found himself in a Russian imperial trap and a Russian-Polish-Jewish triangle, the inhabitants of Podillia and all Ukrainians of Right-Bank Ukraine were forced to resist their spiritual, religious and cultural enslavement.The author draws attention to the fact that after the official inclusion of the territory of Podillya in the Russian autocracy in 1793, the formation of the region, as an integral part of the culture of the Podolsk region, undergoes significant transformations. The Russian factor played a special role in the development of educational processes, in particular, the Russian ethnic minority, which was the bearer of its own culture, typical for the indigenous territories of historical Russia. Many aspects of the topic have already found some reflection in the intelligence of researchers and ethnographers of the XIX – early XXI century. However, existing publications do not exhaust the entire depth of the problem. The article is addressed to specialists working in the field of history: for doctoral students, post-graduate students, masters, ethnologists, students of historical disciplines of higher educational institutions, students of secondary schools and other admirers of the past of Podilsky Krai and Ukraine.