The problem of alternative in training of teachers to teach controversial historical issues

The article deals with the problem of alternative history, which has taken on special urgency in connection with the introduction of the study of controversial issues of history in the system of general education. There was a need to update the historiographical knowledge of history teachers in the system of training on issues such as: “The abolition of serfdom - “revolution from above” or “reform”? In contrast to the Soviet version of history as climbing on a ladder of progress, modern scientists proposed the idea of alternative history, in which is discussed the question about revolutions and reforms. In modern Russia, this takes on a special importance in connection with attempts to oppose revolutionary option for the development of society (as a barbaric, bloody) evolutionary, reformist version of the development (as civilized, peaceful and democratic).