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Introduction. The problem of formation of the Russian professional cultural elite is considered. The goal of the paper is to substantiate the necessity of transforming the domestic system of mass vocational education into a personal (elite) one and give appropriate recommendations concerning the upbringing of productive cultural elite as a driving social force of the post-industrial knowledge society. In the scientific and philosophical literature, recommendations are given concerning the use of the existing cultural elite, but not about its practical formation in modern conditions. Methodology and methods of the research. As part of the system-activity philosophical methodology, system analysis methods of socio-technical systems are used in relation to the problem of upbringing of Russian professional cultural elite in all areas of technical, economic, social and humanitarian activity. The results of the research. The formation of professional cultural elite requires the solution of four pressing problems: lack of the cult of knowledge among students; low quality of the general secondary education; underdevelopment of information and technical infrastructure of educational institutions; incapacity of the education legislation. Search of native talents is chosen (by means of reasonable selection criterion) as priority from three alternative ways of the research goal achievement. Methods for such a search are proposed. The expediency of inclusion in the elite educational programs (regardless of their professional orientation) philosophy, humanitarian disciplines, and systems analysis is substantiated. It is suggested that the computerized form of education should be combined with the higher priority traditional live form of the teachers and students communication. The necessity of introducing into the pedagogical practice of the understanding language, operating with the meanings of the objects and phenomena, is grounded. Conclusion. The necessity of transformation of the mass vocational education in Russia into the personal (elite) education (in the interests of social progress) is substantiated. The corresponding practical recommendations are given. The novelty of the study, according to the author, is to use system analysis in elitology.