A wide distribution of the US hypothesis of plate tectonics in the geological enterprises, in the geological universities of the country and in the editorial of the geological journals has been considered. This hypothesis was created 50 years ago and was introduced into the geological organizations of Russia during the “troubled” 90s of the 20th century. The sharp dogmatism and strict censorship of the supporters of this hypothesis in the editions of the modern geological journals have been noted, not allowing the publication of the other concepts and the facts, proving these concepts. Taking into account in the training courses of the geological universities not only the modern textbooks, but also classical works of Russian geotectonic scientists, created in the second half of the twentieth century and not losing their cognitive meaning, has been proposed. It has been recommended to the editorial offices of the geological journals to publish articles reflecting the entire spectrum of the geological thoughts, which will contribute both to the formation of the broader views on the theoretical geotectonics and to the new discoveries.

The problems of the contents and methods of the teaching of the training course «Geotectonics and geodynamics» in the geological high schools of Russia have been discussed. The meaning of the classical works of the Russian scientists and their role in teaching has been considered. The recommended classification of the current multirange tectonic structures of the continents and oceans has been shown. The «Tectonic codex of Russia», edited recently, has been critically considered. An inability to use it in the learning process has been prooved.

The principles of the tectonic zoning of the continents are discussed. The tectonic zoning of the Russian sector of Arctic mobile belt is considered and a brief characteristic of the West-Arctic and East-Arctic recent platforms, formed at the place of this belt, is given. The data about the position of the boundaries of the recent platforms, about the structure of their basement and sedimentary. The possible approaches to the determination of the structure and tectonic nature of the «transient» complex of the plates of the recent platforms.

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