Abstract
The article is devoted to the biography of Nikolai Pavlovich Zagoskin (1851-1912), an outstanding representative of Kazan professorship, whose fate was connected with Kazan Imperial University for more than forty years. In 1906 he was highly honored and trusted by his colleagues and was elected the rector of the Kazan University. N.P.Zagoskin's rectorate was held during one of the most difficult periods in the history of Russian universities. The years of the first Russian revolution are characterized by the unusual activity of students' movement, accelerated involving of the university representatives into social-political life of the country, strained relations of the university professorship with the higher administration represented by trustees and people of the Ministry of education. In spite of the short period of N.P.Zagoskin's term in office (1906-1909) this administrative experience was of great importance for the university and for the rector himself. N.P. Zagoskin belongs to the most prominent and influential rector in the history of Kazan University.