The local history aspect of the works archim. Makariya (Veretennikova) in the context of Russian history

The article is devoted to the contribution of Archimandrite Makarii (Veretennikov) to the historical local lore of the Tver region and the city of Kalyazin. The analysis of the works of the church historian, a regular participant of the Kalyazin St. Nicholas readings, is examined from the point of view of their correlation with major events, educational work, popularization of historical knowledge. Local history is considered as a synthesis of historical, geographical, ethnographic knowledge about a small territory, which further leads to a special specificity of understanding the "big" history.