At the first contest "Teacher of the Year of the USSR" Alexander Evgenyevich Sutormin was surrounded by talented colleagues. And yet the jury singled out him, a rural teacher of Russian language and literature of the Popov secondary school of the Chernsky district of the Tula region, which arose at the beginning of the last century by decree of Nicholas II.Sutormin's open lesson was called a sermon... After the contest, Alexander Evgenyevich was written, many wanted to talk to him, he still keeps these messages - "four hundred teacher's revelations." Admitted: "After the "Teacher of the Year" contest, my wings "grew." Of course, they often went down, but I still feel I know they are." Our Gagarin, the teacher of the year of the USSR - 1990 Alexander Evgenyevich Sutormin and to this day - philologist, head teacher, faithful to his school.