Structural and content features of Soviet ABC-books

The study covers the main milestones in the formation of the concept of the Soviet ABC-book influenced by the processes characteristic of the ideological, cultural, socio-political and national economic life of the RSFSR in 1919-1991. The structural evolution of this type of educational publications from sets of simple ‘unbound’ sheets to high-quality and solid works of book format printing is shown. The dependence of the functional load of the text and illustrations intended for ideological education of children on the specific historical situation in the country and the general level of development of Soviet ABC-book study is noted.