Status: state. Even before the emergence of the Kyiv Mohyla College, later the Academy, the lands inhabited by Ukrainian, were already high school type, based largely Dominican and iyezuyitamy. Despite all their appeal, they served the cause catholization polonization and Ukrainian youth, breaking away from its language, religion, customs, spiritual and moral traditions of their people. Kyiv Mohyla Academy was the first institution of higher education that meet needs our spiritual life of Ukrainian people. Educator concentrates around printing Kiev-Pechersk monastery under the protection of Archimandrite Elisha Pletenetsky. These included notable and mallet with princes Volyn Halshka Gulevychivna. October 15, 1615 is thus placed in a poor Kiev magistrate books on which his house to the ground and all belonging to it "when presented a funduvannya monastery and school for children of Orthodox people ... And to Taya Foundation skutok took her - wrote Gulevychivna - now at the school yard and bring implemented. "Thus, October 15, 1615 started its business school, which went into history as the Kiev Brotherhood School, founder of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. in 1631 there was another school in Kiev - namely Lavra. Archimandrite founded her Lavra Peter May. In September 1632 it merged with the Kyiv Brotherhood school. united school was called the Common or Kiev board. Its leader, protector and guardian was Peter Tomb. In honor of Peter Graves Board became known as the Kyiv Mohyla College (Academy). that name went into history.