Moisyeyenko L. 3. Christian Confessions of Donbass (1880-1914 ).

This thesis is a complex historical achievement in the development of Christian confessions of the Donbass during the period with 1880 - 1914. A process of making of the regional religions map, characterized is state - church policy, features of legal existence of Christian Confessions was examined in the work on the basis of analysis of wide range of original sources and literature. The moving forces of the Christian confessions development were investigated. The state church policy and peculiarities of regal existence of the religions organizations were described here. The structure and functions of management of Confessions, specificity of their financing is characterized. The basic directions activity of Christian churches are analyzed: missionary activity of Orthodox church, educational, charities. The priority directions of economic activities of the confessional structures, their financing. Achievements and lacks of churches of these directions are opened. Directions of economic activities of Christian faiths, features of restoration and construction activity were defined in this work.