FROM THE OUTSIDE AND FROM WITHIN: IMAGE OF SIBERIA IN RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY
Comparison of an image of Siberia presented in local (Siberian) and capital religious periodicals is carried out. In the capital religious press, on an example of «An orthodox review», the main corpus is presented by missionary notes. On the basis of the analysis of these notes Siberia appears as severe, wild and desert land. It is caused by that missionaries faced many difficulties in the activity directed on introduction of orthodox culture to the most remote places of Siberia. Unlike capital, in the local religious periodicals presented «Tobolsk diocesan sheets», Siberia appears as "gold mine", «a granary of Russia» and «a true colossus». Siberia from a place «references and penal servitudes» became «an updating place» in «The Tobolsk diocesan sheets». Such assessment reflected a local view of the region and showed the importance of Siberia for the Russian Empire.