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Abstract: The article discusses socio-political views and activity of the Ural teacher of language arts D.A. Kisilev, who was subjected to repression by the Tsar for revolutionary propaganda among the teachers. Under the influence of the events of 1917 Kisilev joined the Bolshevik party and after the Soviet regime was established, he was appointed the first Public Education Commissioner in Ekaterinburg. The article analyzes the work of the Commisar in the spring – summer of 1918; it reveals the first attempts to reform the system of school education on the regional level; conclusion is made that violence and social unrest ignition were unacceptable. An attempt of the Public Education Commissar to establish higher pedagogical school in Ekaterinburg in 1918 – Ural Higher Pedagogical School – played a great role. Participation of D.A. Kisilev and Ekaterinburg teachers in the development of the project of a new labour school is paid special attention to. The role of a Bolshevik teacher in the opposition between the Soviet Regime and the teaching staff – Ural Teachers’ Union – is discussed. The article focuses on the work of D.A. Kisilev in the position of Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) Pedagogical Technical School Director in the 1920-s – his aspiration for teaching innovations of that period in particular. The article provides the information about D.A. Kisilev’s life in the 1930-s, when, in spite of the accusations in Trotskism and sabotage, he escapes prosecution.