The blended learning of the Russian language as a foreign language: history, modern times and prospects

The article deals with the urgency and efficiency of the use of blended learning in the context of studying the Russian language as a foreign language. In the context of the active change of education towards the online environment the author emphasizes the necessity of the union of the traditional and information-education technologies, it proves the urgency of the format of the blended learning in the modern educational practice. The article is focused on the study of the model of the stations’ rotation as one of the progressive models of the blended learning of the Russian language as a foreign language.