Correctional pedagogy has experienced many crises and discoveries, difficulties and problems in the course of its development. The national history of the development of this field of pedagogy is replete with examples of asceticism and scientific breakthroughs, various practical implementation of scientific ideas. Despite the remoteness from the federal center, the Siberian correctional school has traditionally developed in step with the times, replenishing the methodological knowledge from the primary source — scientific ideas and recommendations of famous scientists.