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The article is devoted to the analysis of the special features of the organ music culture in Russia starting from the period of establishment of cultural ties with Byzantium. As the Orthodox Church doesn't use the organ music performance in church, the Russian culture of organ music has been developing in the secular direction. In the problem field, marked by the periods from the appearance of the organ pedagogy, music making, concert performance, and to present day, there are analyzed the problems of mastering the organ instrument, development of the teaching methods, and formation of the curricula. The author has analysed the peculiarities of the organ culture development, revealed the regularities of its development within a wide historic framework.