The author attempts to make out conception, approaches, definitions, models, principal tendencies and peculiarities of historical socialization process in post-Soviet period. Special attention is drawn to the role and place of historical component of HPE in professional, mental, social and civic virtues of a specialist.
Key words: historical socialization, identification of personality, public self-consciousness, actualization of historical knowledges, functions of historical knowledges, historical component of HPE.