Some aspects of the classical educational tradition in training of future publicists of the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century (according to the academic dictionary “Figures of the revolutionary movement of Russia”)

The article analyses the educational experience of a number of publicists, representatives of the revolutionary movement in Russia in the first half of the 19th century. The presence of a classical element in the educational system during their studies in high school institutions is traced. The source for the analysis was the first volume of the Bio-Bibliographic Dictionary “Figures of the revolutionary movement in Russia. From the predecessors of the Decembrists to the fall of Tsarism”. The analysis showed that the subjects of the classical (ancient) cycle were presented in sufficient numbers in educational institutions where studied those who were placed in the first volume of the considered Bio-Bibliographic Dictionary.