The scientific article examines the activities of one of the members of the Society of Naval Officers, Captain 2nd Rank I. G. Engelman, on the theoretical substantiation and subsequent popularization for military specialists and the general public of new approaches in the process of physical, intellectual, spiritual and moral training for the lower ranks of the Russian army and Navy. In his work, Captain 2nd Rank I. G. Engelman tried to develop an educational program for military recruits from the peasant class in the early twentieth century. The naval officer reasoned that the quality of professional training of sailors and non-commissioned officers was one of the reasons for the defeat in the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905. The theses of the author's educational program aroused considerable interest among the members of the Society of Naval Officers. The educational program was discussed by future prominent Russian naval commanders who proved themselves during the First World War. Captain I.G. Engelman, 2nd Rank, has repeatedly published his thoughts on the upbringing of a Russian peasant sailor and a non-commissioned officer of the Navy on the pages of the periodical of the Society of Naval Officers. The actual social activities of Captain 2nd rank I. G. Engelman's book was one of the first attempts to approach the recruitment of the lower ranks of the Russian Navy from the point of view of pedagogical science.

The scientific article examines the activities of one of the members of the Society of Naval Officers, Captain 2nd Rank I. G. Engelman, on the theoretical substantiation and subsequent popularization for military specialists and the general public of new approaches in the process of physical, intellectual, spiritual and moral training for the lower ranks of the Russian army and Navy. In his work, Captain 2nd Rank I. G. Engelman tried to develop an educational program for military recruits from the peasant class in the early twentieth century. The naval officer reasoned that the quality of professional training of sailors and non-commissioned officers was one of the reasons for the defeat in the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905. The theses of the author's educational program aroused considerable interest among the members of the Society of Naval Officers. The educational program was discussed by future prominent Russian naval commanders who proved themselves during the First World War. Captain I.G. Engelman, 2nd Rank, has repeatedly published his thoughts on the upbringing of a Russian peasant sailor and a non-commissioned officer of the Navy on the pages of the periodical of the Society of Naval Officers. The actual social activities of Captain 2nd rank I. G. Engelman's book was one of the first attempts to approach the recruitment of the lower ranks of the Russian Navy from the point of view of pedagogical science.