ПЕРВЫЙ БЛАГОТВОРИТЕЛЬ ПЕЧЕНГСКОГО МОНАСТЫРЯ, ИЛИ ИСТОРИЯ С ДУХОВНЫМ ЗАВЕЩАНИЕМ ПАВЛА ЗУБОВА
THE FIRST BENEFACTOR OF THE PECHENGA MONASTERY, OR THE STORY OF PAVEL ZUBOV’S SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT

Summary/Abstract: This article reconstructs the records of the spiritual testament of Pavel Mikhailovich Zubov, a resident of the Kildinsky Pogost in the Kola Uyezd. Materials discovered in the State Archives of the Arkhangelsk Region and the Russian State Historical Archive provide additional information about the participation of benefactors in the restoration of the Pechenga Monastery during the 1880s. Drawing on an analysis of the testament’s text, it can be inferred that Pavel Zubov, an active supporter of the development of northern territories, had already advocated for the restoration of the Pechenga Monastery in the 1870s. This monastery, which operated in the Kola North from the XVI to the XVIII centuries, was closed in 1764 during the secularization reform of Catherine II. Pavel Zubov’s domestic spiritual testament, drafted in 1874, recorded the need to transfer a sum of money to the Pechenga Monastery, which did not yet exist at that time. The analysis of archival materials also explores the nature of interactions between local, eparchial, and central authorities in deciding how to use the bequeathed funds.

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