Keyword: «mendeleev»

This article is devoted to the study of the personality of D. I. Mendeleev in relation to the local history element of aesthetic and moral education of schoolchildren. The questions of the educational impact of the personality of the great scientist and our fellow countryman on students are considered.

On the basis of personal documents introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, in particular the unique memories of graduates of the gymnasium, materials from local and central periodicals, archival material, pre-revolutionary and modern literature, the author reconstructs the most important aspects in the activities of the educational institution during the period of study in it by Dmitry Mendeleev (1840 – 1849): the content of the educational process, the quality of teaching subjects, social portraits and biographies of teachers and graduates of the gymnasium, textbooks and manuals, teaching methods, academic performance, material base, focusing on the inner atmosphere of the gymnasium, relationships in the team. The novelty of the research is seen in the fact that it reveals the close environment of Men-deleev's student, the biographies of his fellow students and the most outstanding teachers, their teaching methods and relationships within the gymnasium staff.