Religious composition of the cabinet of of His Imperial Majesty the aAltai region in the first decadeof the twentieth century

Abstract

Abstract the article considers the confessional composition of the Cabinet of the Altai district in the first decade of the XX century. Taking into account new territories and their population, the tsarist government tried to form a common confessional space for the elite. In the crisis-transition period of economic development of the district, the confessional composition of the Cabinet of his Imperial Majesty was distinguished by the presence of all Christian denominations. Based on the state and confessional policy of the previous stages of the history of the Russian Empire, the dominant position was occupied by employees of the Orthodox Christian (about 75%.) A much smaller number belonged to the followers of the Roman Catholic direction (about 6-9%) and the third place was occupied by the employees who professed Protestantism, namely Lutheranism (4,5 %). Analysis of personal data of employees for 1909, 1910 showed the presence in the state of Judaism (2 persons), despite the fact that Siberia was not part of the "line of Jewish settlement." The addressing some typical biographies of employees of the Office of E. I. V. of Catholic and Protestant religion, leads to a conclusion that representatives not of orthodox faiths are descendants of the become Russified natives of Europe actively who have connected the life with Russia and sincerely serving by her long ago.