The goal of the authors is to include the ideas of Russian philosophical thought of the XIX-XX centuries. in the scientific circulation and practice of modern pedagogy. In building the composition of the book, they sought to adhere to problematic semantic guidelines, based on the disclosure of such features of Russian philosophical thought as humanism, rejection of evil and social injustice, conjugation with the idea of ​ ​ a social ideal, the search for truth and truth, an appeal to the human theme and the spiritual and moral foundations of society, to the theme of historical destinies of Russia. These features and ideas of Russian philosophy are directly related to its educational potential, which remains as yet unclaimed in full pedagogy. Each Essay ends with excerpts from primary sources.