diff --git a/python/educational-core/course-creator/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/python/educational-core/course-creator/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 7ba0e8107a88..b4072b3de1bf 100644
--- a/python/educational-core/course-creator/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/python/educational-core/course-creator/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     </group>
 
     <action id="UnpackCourse" class="com.jetbrains.edu.coursecreator.actions.CCFromCourseArchive"/>
+    <action id="GetCourse" class="com.jetbrains.edu.coursecreator.actions.CCGetCourseFromStepic"/>
   </actions>
 
 
diff --git a/python/educational-core/course-creator/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/actions/CCGetCourseFromStepic.java b/python/educational-core/course-creator/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/actions/CCGetCourseFromStepic.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60223fcfde66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/educational-core/course-creator/src/com/jetbrains/edu/coursecreator/actions/CCGetCourseFromStepic.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package com.jetbrains.edu.coursecreator.actions;
+
+import com.intellij.ide.IdeView;
+import com.intellij.ide.projectView.ProjectView;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.LangDataKeys;
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ModalityState;
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFileManager;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.coursecreator.CCUtils;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.StudyTaskManager;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.StudyUtils;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.core.EduNames;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseFormat.Course;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseFormat.Lesson;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseFormat.Task;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseFormat.TaskFile;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseGeneration.StudyGenerator;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.stepic.CourseInfo;
+import com.jetbrains.edu.learning.stepic.EduStepicConnector;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static com.jetbrains.edu.coursecreator.actions.CCFromCourseArchive.createAnswerFile;
+import static com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseGeneration.StudyProjectGenerator.OUR_COURSES_DIR;
+import static com.jetbrains.edu.learning.courseGeneration.StudyProjectGenerator.flushCourse;
+
+public class CCGetCourseFromStepic extends DumbAwareAction {
+
+  public CCGetCourseFromStepic() {
+    super("Get Course From Stepik", "Get Course From Stepik", null);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void actionPerformed(@NotNull AnActionEvent e) {
+    final IdeView view = e.getData(LangDataKeys.IDE_VIEW);
+    final Project project = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.PROJECT);
+    if (view == null || project == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final String courseId = Messages.showInputDialog("Please, enter course id", "Get Course From Stepik", null);
+    if (StringUtil.isNotEmpty(courseId)) {
+      ProgressManager.getInstance().run(new com.intellij.openapi.progress.Task.Modal(project, "Creating Course", true) {
+        @Override
+        public void run(@NotNull final ProgressIndicator indicator) {
+          createCourse(project, courseId);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void createCourse(Project project, String courseId) {
+    final VirtualFile baseDir = project.getBaseDir();
+    final CourseInfo info = EduStepicConnector.getCourseInfo(project, courseId);
+    if (info == null) return;
+
+    final Course course = EduStepicConnector.getCourse(project, info);
+    if (course != null) {
+      flushCourse(project, course);
+
+      final File courseDirectory = StudyUtils.getCourseDirectory(project, course);
+      ApplicationManager.getApplication().invokeAndWait(() -> ApplicationManager.getApplication().runWriteAction(() -> {
+        final VirtualFile[] children = baseDir.getChildren();
+        for (VirtualFile child : children) {
+          StudyUtils.deleteFile(child);
+        }
+        StudyGenerator.createCourse(course, baseDir, courseDirectory, project);
+      }), ModalityState.current());
+
+
+      StudyTaskManager.getInstance(project).setCourse(course);
+      File courseDir = new File(OUR_COURSES_DIR, course.getName() + "-" + project.getName());
+      course.setCourseDirectory(courseDir.getPath());
+      course.setCourseMode(CCUtils.COURSE_MODE);
+      project.getBaseDir().refresh(false, true);
+      int index = 1;
+      int taskIndex = 1;
+      for (Lesson lesson : course.getLessons()) {
+        final VirtualFile lessonDir = project.getBaseDir().findChild(EduNames.LESSON + String.valueOf(index));
+        lesson.setIndex(index);
+        if (lessonDir == null) continue;
+        for (Task task : lesson.getTaskList()) {
+          final VirtualFile taskDir = lessonDir.findChild(EduNames.TASK + String.valueOf(taskIndex));
+          task.setIndex(taskIndex);
+          task.setLesson(lesson);
+          if (taskDir == null) continue;
+          for (final Map.Entry<String, TaskFile> entry : task.getTaskFiles().entrySet()) {
+            ApplicationManager.getApplication()
+              .invokeAndWait(() -> ApplicationManager.getApplication().runWriteAction(() -> createAnswerFile(project, taskDir, entry)),
+                             ModalityState.current());
+          }
+          taskIndex += 1;
+        }
+        index += 1;
+        taskIndex = 1;
+      }
+      course.initCourse(true);
+      ApplicationManager.getApplication()
+        .invokeAndWait(() -> StudyUtils.registerStudyToolWindow(course, project), ModalityState.current());
+    }
+    VirtualFileManager.getInstance().refreshWithoutFileWatcher(true);
+    ProjectView.getInstance(project).refresh();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/educational-core/student/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java b/python/educational-core/student/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java
index 49391e31cbeb..9ffc23957e6c 100644
--- a/python/educational-core/student/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java
+++ b/python/educational-core/student/src/com/jetbrains/edu/learning/stepic/EduStepicConnector.java
@@ -294,6 +294,19 @@ public class EduStepicConnector {
     return Collections.singletonList(CourseInfo.INVALID_COURSE);
   }
 
+  public static CourseInfo getCourseInfo(Project project, String courseId) {
+    final String url = EduStepicNames.COURSES + "/" + courseId;
+    try {
+      login(project);
+      final StepicWrappers.CoursesContainer coursesContainer = getFromStepic(url, StepicWrappers.CoursesContainer.class);
+      return coursesContainer.courses.get(0);
+    }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.error(e.getMessage());
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   public static Date getCourseUpdateDate(final int courseId) {
     final String url = EduStepicNames.COURSES + "/" + courseId;
     try {