Stefanenko Ekaterina A.

The present paper means to highlight the charitable activitiy of an outstanding Russian singer of the early 19th–20th centuries activity of Leonida Sobinov, an outstanding Russian singerin the help of students of Imperial Moscow University. The article is based on archival documents from Foundation No. 864 of The Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. Indeed, for many years the outstanding Russian singer give regular concerts to donate the money to low-income students, however this Sobinov's activity remains without due attention. The author is based on the methodology of historical analysis as well as on the methodology of art criticism analysis of the archival documents related to the charitable activity of Sobinov.