Collective portrait against the background of the historical era: authors of school textbooks in the history of the USSR (End 1950 — first half 1960s)

The author of the article continues the research devoted to historical education in the USSR, presented through the prism of school textbooks on the history of the USSR, published in the first half of the 1960s, and the fate of their authors. Particular attention is paid to the discussions of the late 1950s and early 1960s. about the structure of the history course at school and the textbook competition held in 1960. The editorial changes made to the textbooks of the “Stalin” era, and developed by the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and the content aspects of the new textbooks are considered. The difficulties of the authors in working on educational publications published under the ideological control of the CPSU Central Committee are shown.