The introduction of a widespread regime of self-isolation for the citizens of the country, which was caused by the universal, total spread of the coronavirus infection COVID-19 (an acronym for Coronavirus Disease 2019) with its further transition to pandemic level in the first half of 2020 entailed, in turn, serious changes in the entire organization of the Russian educational system at various levels, from primary and secondary schools to the entire complex of higher educational institutions in the country.