An educational lecture on Russian literature was held at the Center for Open Education. Universal human values, reflected in the work of Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, were the topic of discussion at the educational lecture held at the site of the Center for Open Education of AUL. The audience of the lecture of the associate professor of the Chechen State Pedagogical University Subran Inarkayeva consisted of both teachers of the university and students - future teachers. The lecturer managed to focus the audience's attention on the special sound of the immortal lines of A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, L. Tolstoy and other authors in the context of the modern multicultural world. At the end of the meeting, the listeners came to the conclusion that it is absolutely important to refer to the educational potential of Russian literature for the formation of a multicultural personality. The educational lecture became one of the bright events of the September session of the Center for Open Education, whose activities in the Republic of Azerbaijan are carried out with the support of the Ministry of Education of Russia and “My History” Foundation.