The collection includes materials presented at the XXV All-Russian Historical and Pedagogical Readings with International Participation, held at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Ural State Pedagogical University on March 23-26, 2021 . The collection contains publications that address topical issues of development of the world community in the context of global challenges. Actualized the most important problems of Russia's historical past as a source of preserving identity in a globalizing world Presented research in the field of theory and methods of teaching history. The publication is designed for researchers, university teachers and school teachers, graduate students and students interested in the problems of history, theory and methods of teaching history . Materials are published in the author's edition