Tatiana I. Stepanova

the issues on the cultural and educational environment of a provincial town are considered in the article. The author outlines that numerous proverbs, sayings, speech patterns, phrases interpreting the role of the environment in the human community have developed in the culture of the people: «left the environment», «dissolve in the environment», «product of the environment». Also, the author emphasizes that the cultural and educational environment of a small town in the context of its spiritual content is determined by the cultural level of the population; the degree of people’s spiritual nee...