RUSSIAN EDUCATIONAL SISTEM «School`s years are wonderful!» - says us famous Russian song, Yes, school time is special period of everybody`s live. It’s childhood and growing up, it’s a strong friendship and first love. School is an important part on the way of personal development, way of education. Sure, education isn’t only school. According to the educational system it is one of elements. The first one of them is pre-school education. That are kindergartens, where children receive elementary knowledge. Often kids of 1 to 7 years old are visit them. The second one is school, where children receive basics. Children from 7 to 11 study there. The third is secondary education. That are schools, lyceums, gymnasiums. Here students get more knowledge. Secondary education lasts from five to seven years. If you finish 5 years, it means that your education is lower secondary education, and you must go to college or continue your secondary education for 2 years and then go to university. The normal age for this level is from 11 to 16-18 years old. The next one is secondary professional education. That are colleges, technical schools, students of which revise professions, for example cook, mechanic, car mechanic, nurse and so on. after you can go to work or go to university and get higher education. Often there study people from 16 to 20 years old The lasts element is higher education. It includes undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies. You can meet at university a lot of different people. It can be and yesterday's schoolboy and person who wants to get a second or third higher education. Does this educational system is perfect? Sure, no. For example, there is a lot of debate about unified state examination or the Bologna system every year. But unfortunately nothing's perfect, and of course the Russian educational system needs to change, in order to become better.