STRUGGLE FOR SOBRIETY IN CHURCH PRESS PAGES OF THE BEGINNING OF THE XX<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY
The author invites readers to acquaint with clergy activity on the eradication of population's harmful habit to drink at the beginning of the XXth century, shows that for this purpose the opportunities of oral and written word were used, and in particular analyzes the content of Vedomosti of a number of eparchies, which authors told in their publications about the harm of alcohol, revealed the consequences of hard drinking for adults and children.