Попытка деполонизации римско-католического костела на белорусских землях в начале ХХ столетия

Abstract

The article analyses actions of the government of the Russian Empire in Belarusian lands to depolonize the Roman-Catholic church in the early XX century by introducing the Belarusian language into the additional worship. Having thoroughly studied the situation, the civil and church authorities did not dare to take decisive actions in this direction, fearing to disturb the existing state of affairs. Besides, the situation was complicated by the revolutionary events of 1905–1907, when in the conditions of the social upheaval it was considered dangerous to carry out any activities that affected the interests of the Roman Catholic population of the region. As a result, the issue of depolonization of the church was postponed.