THE ROLE OF VYGOTSKY,L.S. IN LURIA,A.R. S CIENTIFIC WORK

Methodological, theoretical and biographical aspects of L.S. Vygotsky and A.R. Luria contacts are shown. Their interrelations, A.R. Luria pa rt in cultural-historical theory formation and L.S. Vygotsky's influen ce on A.R. Luria's scientific experimental work (genesis and disintegr ation of psychic functions in children; cross-cultural study of social factors in cognitive processes' formation in adults; neuro-psychologi cal analysis of brain organization of higher psychic functions) are de scribed. The main methodological and theoretical positions uniting L.S . Vygotsky and A.R. Luria are demonstrated and high productivity of L. S. Vygotsky's ideas and their creative development by A.R. Luria are s hown.