Continuity of traditions in the context of the history of one department: Lev Gerasimovich Filatov and Alexander Petrovich Lebedev

Introduction. The relevance of the topic is related to the preservation of the significant role of the individual in the development of education. The head of the department, as one of the key structural divisions of the higher educational institution, has played an important role in the implementation of the scientific and pedagogical tasks of the university and the reproduction of teaching staff. Materials and Methods. The methodological basis of the research is the socio-cultural perspective of the study of the life activity of educational actors, which involves taking into account the social, cultural, spiritual and moral factors of the formation of the personality of a higher school teacher and studying the impact of this personality on the development of education. The study is historical and biographical in nature, contains elements of the direction of social history. Results. The scientific and pedagogical path of the two heads of the Department of the History of the Motherland (until 1991 - the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) is also shown in the context of the development of the department as a structural unit of the university, the higher school in the republic. The socio-cultural conditions for the formation of personal and professional qualities of two teachers, scientists, heads of the department, their role in the development of one of the most important structural divisions of the university are revealed. Discussion and Conclusions. Continuity of personnel, preservation of traditions, and transfer of experience are important for all spheres of society, and especially for the sphere of science and education. On the example of the activity of the personalities of the two heads of the department, the implementation of the continuity of managerial, methodological, pedagogical principles of teaching and management of the structural unit of the university is illustrated.