The article shows the role of information about historical science methodology for technical university students. The ideology of every nation is based on the myths and social images of different historic events. In the modern world different political forces due to their political reasons try to present to a society one or another historic event from the incorrect point of view. That is why the historical method must be presented to students, studying the course of Native History at a technical university. It is an only effective way of arming them against different kinds of falsifications in the sphere of historical information.
The article considers different points of view on the Russian education system under Nicholas I. Attention is drawn to the fact that with regard to the policy of Nicholas I in the field of educational system there are a number of hackneyed phrases and there is no criterion for assessing the development of this system. It is argued that such a criterion can only be quantitative characteristics (growth in the number of educational institutions and the number of students) and the effectiveness of the system as a whole. The effectiveness of the system can be determined only by the degree of contribution of graduates of higher mining schools to the development of the industries in which they were specialized and of the state administration at that period. The author insists on applying this criterion to technical and legal education as well. As the first experience of such an analysis at the Department of History and Political Science of the G.V. Plekhanov Leningrad Mining Institute is mentioned.
