A conductor of the idea of upbringing without coercion

The article presents the life path of Nikolai Mikhailovich Magomedov from entering the teaching profession to the head of the Department of Pedagogics and Psychology at Samara State University, the scientist, who tried to answer the question of the boundaries of human responsibility for oneself with his scientific works and personal teaching experience. The topic of free upbringing is the main one in his teaching fate, not only discussed in the teaching community, with students, but also tested by him in practice. It is argued that the assessment of scientific contribution to pedagogical science is impossible without memories of his calls to return to the original sources of pedagogical theories. Рresents the stages of organizational activity of the teacher N.M. Magomedov: the opening of a postgraduate course in pedagogical sciences, a dissertation council, and a psychology faculty