The historical events, which has influenced the life of Igor Petrovich Ivanov and his family are described. These events influenced the life of his family and his own as well. The role of komsomol and causes, which determined his attitude to the development of ideas of kommunarstvo, are specially highlighted. Contemporary rethinking of ideas of kommunar pedagogics as a pedagogical stream of the XX century is done. The key concept of this stream is organization of collective creative education in terms of generaions’ fellowship and shared concerns relations.