Spiritual and Moral Upbringing in Cossack Education: Problems and Ways of Their Solution

The study discusses the main problems of churching as the spiritual and moral development of students of Cossack educational organizations. The conceptual foundations of Cossack pedagogy are revealed. The concept of Christian religious doctrine and the contradictions between its implementation in the Orthodox religion and Cossack culture are given. Christian psychology and Christian anthropology are substantiated as the methodological basis of spiritual and moral education of Cossacks. The frequency of spiritual and moral education in the content of organizational, pedagogical and psychological Cossack education is presented. The results of monitoring the churching of the Cossacks of 11 registered Cossack hosts of Russia are presented.