State of education in Russia at the turn of 19-20th centuries

The article summarizes theoretical data on the history of L.S. Vygotskiy’s educational system. The author substantiates objective nature of the educational system, and discusses a problem of correlation between imitativeness and creativity in the sociocultural context. At the present age the creative work is becoming an indispensable attribute of the next generation’s adaptation to constantly changing sociocultural aspects of life.