Abstract ◊ The objective of this article is to present determinants of teaching of the English language in the Russian gymnasiums in the XIX–XX centuries.
Keywords: gymnasium, gymnasium education, West-European languages teaching methodology, the English language teaching methodology.
Borsuk Vera Andreevna — a postgraduate of the Pedagogy and Psychology of the Higher School Department of
Moscow University for the Humanities. Tel.: 8-916-612-26-25. E-mail: borsuk-vera@mail.ru