Background. Increasing the educational level and knowledge of current guidelines in physicians is one of the most important ways to improve the quality of diagnosis and correction of hypertension and lipid metabolic disturbances, which are two most important risk factors. Objective. To evaluate the compliance of knowledge among Kursk primary care physicians (cardiologists and therapists) with the current guidelines for hypertension and dyslipidemia (DLP), as well as the possibility of its increase by applying an educational project. Design. The project covered all local therapists and cardiologists (144 physicians) from Kursk polyclinics. Specially developed questionnaires (physicians' answers and outpatient record information) were used to assess the physicians' efforts to diagnose and correct hypertension and DLP before and after the educational project. To do this, Moscow and Kursk experts launched six current guidelines campaigns in eight polyclinics (in terms of physicians' knowledge demands in each polyclinic). The duration of the project was 1 year. The effectiveness criteria for the educational project were achievement of blood pressure (BP) and lipid goals (according to the outpatient record extract forms) and physicians' positive efforts to diagnose and correct hypertension and lipid metabolic disorders. Results. After the educational project, there were significantly higher goal attainment rates for BP (31.47 and 51.07% before and after the project, respectively, р<0.001) and total cholesterol levels (9.29 and 43.91% before and after the project, respectively; р<0.001). The completeness of collection of risk factor information substantially increased; the frequency of tests to detect target organ damage was also on the rise. Thus, if before the project there were 17.31% of the patients were referred for cardiac ultrasound study, after the project there were 40.36% (p<0.001). Conclusion. The educational project demonstrated its high effectiveness, attractiveness (in-service training in the health care facilities), individual awareness, low costs, and educational perspectives; and its participants (local physicians) showed a high motivation to gain new knowledge and professional advancement.