Each teacher shall have the right to know the history of the courses of science and methodology of their own subject. It is important to know their development in the past and present. This is necessary even pragmatically - not to reinvent those methods that have already been opened by their predecessors. Indifference, neglect and authoritative shout - this is the atmosphere into which was immersed Russian teacher for decades, since the inception of the school. Little has changed in this century. Nevertheless, let’s try to rise above human passions and follow the path that in large part was done by us together. This experience is our common heritage. Get from it the maximum benefit. The proposed material is enclosed in a condensed form the path of the Russian methods of teaching chemistry since 1746 by 2015 with all the UPS and downs.