The article proves that excursion technique is one of the effective forms
of conducting the psychology classes. The authors point out that the
developed excursion program is based on biographic method as one
of the scientific and historical research methods. The study points
out the fact that provincial psychology has been developing as a fullfledged part of the Russian psychological science; typical picture of the
Russian Empire scientific psychology development is presented in the
article. The suggested approach expands the students' knowledge on
