On the question of the material wealth of a rural priest in the Kola North at the beginning of the 19th century: the inventory of Andrey Andrianov's property

Abstract

The article deals with the previously unexplored issue of the financial situation of the priest of the Ponoy parish at the beginning of the XIX century. The main source of information for the study was the inventory of the personal property of Priest Andrei Adrianov, which was found in the fund of the Kem Spiritual Collegium (National Archive of the Republic of Karelia), compiled in 1818 in connection with his death. It turns out that a rare document contains important information about the wealth of the deceased priest and eloquently testifies to the low level of his well-being. It records the property reflecting the specifics of the life support of a pontifical priest at a time when the rural clergy had not yet received a regular state salary.