In Russia there are many outstanding teachers who have made a huge contribution to education. So, one of the outstanding teachers is Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy: (1828) - was not only a great Russian writer, but also a great Russian teacher, theorist and practitioner of school, especially primary, education, the creator of the famous Yasnaya Polyana school for peasant children. The activity of the genius Russian scientist Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was of great importance for the development of science and education in Russia.
Also, KD Ushinsky (1824-1870 / 71) - Russian Democrat teacher, the founder of scientific pedagogy in Russia. The basis of his pedagogical system is the demand for the democratization of public education and the idea of public education. In didactics he carried out the idea of upbringing education. Major works: "Children's World", "Man as an object of education. The experience of educational anthropology. ".
One of the most famous and recognizable teachers is L.N. Vygotsky domestic psychologist, author of cultural-historical theory of human development; prominent theorist of psychology; influenced the development of sciences related to psychology - defectology, linguistics, ethnography, etc.