Patronage in the System of Church-school Education as a Form of Communication in Educational Space of Russia in the Late 19th-early 20th Century

The paper discusses the issue of patronage as a form of communication, both religious and secular elements at the micro level within the system of church school education in Russia in the late XIX-early XX century. The author reveals the reasons of occurrence of patronage and analyzes the conditions for establishing linkages with church-school system, forms of support organization of elementary Orthodox and teacher training institutions and their contribution to schooling at both country and separate regions. The conclusion about specifics of patronage as a form of communication in the educational sphere in the pre-revolutionary period is made.