Ways of the development of icon painting in the Slobozhanshchina

The article examines the features of the formation of the Slobozhansk icon painting, which are inextricably linked with the historical, political and economic processes taking place in the Slobozhansk region. In the XVI - XVII centuries. Slobozhanshchina developed as a military-political territory, and from the XVIII century. As the largest cultural, commercial, industrial, scientific, educational region of the Russian Empire. as the largest cultural, commercial, industrial, scientific, educational region of the Russian Empire. Its population is formed from immigrants from different regions of Muscovy, (and later the Russian Empire), and other countries. Mastering these new lands, in the course of economic interactions, they built not only economic ties, but formed new intercultural relations, creating a unique Slobozhan culture, which was reflected in the spiritual sphere, which is a vivid expression of icons.