Abstract: The research subject is the issue of "new people "in the publicism of the leader of the conspiratorial direction in populism -- the Russian Blanquist P. N. Tkachev. The object of research is the socio-political concept of the thinker. The author examines in detail such aspects of the topic as the issue of the moving revolutionary forces in the perception of P. N. Tkachev, the necessity of correct education in the formation of the people of the future and the difficulties occurring during the realization process of this issue. Particular attention is paid to the role and place of the "new heroes" in the realization process of the social ideal of P. N. Tkachev. The study is conducted using the method of analyzing the publicist text of P. N. Tkachev written in the period from 1865 and 1877. The novelty of this research lies in the fact that this subject has been examined in view of the whole socio-political conception of P. N. Tkachev and its fundamental principles. The author comes to the conclusion that P. N. Tkachev highlighted the necessary conditions for the formation and the personal qualities of the "new people", which, according to the "Russian Blanquist", should bring about close the success of the revolution.

Abstract: The subject of this research is the problem of social progress in the works of the representative of conspiratorial direction in Narodnik movement, Russian supporter of Blanquism – P. N. Tkachev. The object of this research is the sociopolitical concept of the thinker. The author thoroughly examines the following aspects of the topic in Tkachev’s texts: on one hand – interdependence between the mental and social progress, development of ideas and science; on the other – improvements in wellbeing of the society. Special attention is given to the criteria of social progress and the factors that determine the progressive or regressive development of human society. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that this topic was examined inseparably from the entire sociopolitical concept of Tkachev and its key principles. The author concludes that Tkachev highlighted the main criteria of progress, the analysis of which must comprise the foundation of any progressive movement.