Georgy Ivanovich Chelpanov — professor of Moscow University.

The paper presents the impact of G.I. Chelpanov on the development of university education in Russia and on formation of a system of professional psychological instruction in universities. Milestones of Chelpanov’s scientific biography, features of his philosophical-psychological outlook are reconstructed in socio-cultural and scientific context. Personal traits of Chelpanov as university mentor and founder of the first national scientific-educational school in psychology are represented.