Abstract. The article is devoted to the definition of the content of the multifaceted educational activities of the Solovetsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery in the late 19th – early 20th centuries and its classification. The study was carried out using unpublished documents from funds 1201 «Solovetsky Monastery ...» and 1183 «Moscow Office of the Synod...» of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RGADA), as well as other sources and literature.

The educational activities of the monastery on the territory of the monastery and in the regions of the Russian Empire are classified and considered. The division is proposed in the following areas related to: 1. the liturgical life of the monastery; 2. the liturgical activities of the Solovetsky monastics outside the monastery; 3. the correction of spiritual and moral flaws of guilty clergy and laity, including those transferred to the monastery by the Church hierarchy; 4. spiritual and moral upbringing and education, including in monastic schools, of monks, laborers, as well as pilgrims arriving at the monastery; 5. the monastery's activities in the secular sphere for the benefit of Russian society; 6. industrial, economic and handicraft work in the monastery.

It shows the diversity and importance of monastic approaches to the upbringing and education of people staying in the monastery and leaving it for the world.

Key words: Russian Orthodox Church, Solovetsky Monastery, spiritual and moral education and correction, church education, secular education, education, archival documents, RGADA.