Communication skills: classification and structure

Actual aspects of the formation of communicative skills are considered. The classification of communicative skills presented in the scientific literature is given, their structure is analyzed. Based on the analysis of various classifications, a definition of communicative skills is formulated and their classification is proposed. The potential of the discipline “History” in the development of students 'communicative skills is revealed, the forms of educational communication that contribute to the development of students' communicative skills are highlighted.