What Soviet children watched before going to bed and what programs we remember

“Television belongs to the future. There will be no newspapers, no books, no movies, no theaters, but only television. The famous phrase from the film “Moscow does not believe in tears” became prophetic. And you remember your favorites. transference? And indeed, many television programs have grown more than one generation. And what were the transfers, let's remember today together with the editorial board. "Site"



At the dawn of its appearance, television programs were not only entertaining in nature, but also cognitive. And they showed these programs in the allotted time, and it was impossible to be late for them. The themes of the programs were worked out in detail to take viewers into a mysterious and unknown world. What is the transfer “In the world of animals” with Nikolai Drozdov? About the creation of this program, which was released in 1968, we have already written. Both adults and children loved to watch it.



In general, the Soviet television industry was aimed at the development of children of preschool and school age. Therefore, there were a lot of children's programs. They showed interesting experiments, fakes, and, of course, instructive life situations. One such transmission was everyone’s favorite “Yeralash”. The first issues were shown in the cinema, and later began to broadcast on television. Each student could see themselves and their friends. The situations were funny, but each of them bore the subtext of how to behave in society.



One of the first programs on Soviet television was “I want to know everything.” It was released in the 50s of the last century. Each issue did not last long, only 10 minutes. But during this time, the children were told about the secrets of the world, scientific research and technological progress. The children, after watching the show, very vigorously discussed what they saw and heard. And everyone dreamed of studying well and becoming useful for society and the world as a whole.



Around this time there was another children's show "Buratino Exhibition". Its leading artist of the time Vadim Kurchevsky taught children to draw. Together with the co-host, the doll, they showed children's drawings, which they sent to the studio. Discussed the basics of drawing and various techniques. The presenter talked about famous artists and their vision of the world around them. It only came out on Saturdays.



In 1965, the program “Alarm clock” was released on television screens. Every Sunday at 09:30 a.m., children would gather outside the television to watch the next episode. He broadcast the famous Hope Rumyantsev. Each episode of the program was very interesting and rich. There were performances of children and children's groups, mini-performances, competitions, interviews with stars and celebrities. In the end, the broadcast necessarily ended with watching the cartoon. It was broadcast until the late 90s.



And in the evening, the kids rushed to watch the program “Good night, kids.” The first edition took place in 1964 in September. Since then, the program has changed a lot, but is still the most beloved for children. Few people remember, but the first characters of the TV show were dolls Buratino, Hare Stepa, Myamlik and Shustrik. Later they were replaced by everyone’s favorite dog Phil, piglet Pig, bunny Stepashka, raven Karkush. They told various instructive stories and at the end of the child was waiting for a good beautiful cartoon.



In 1975, the program for preschool children “ABVGDake” was released on television screens. The idea of creating this program belongs to Eduard Uspensky. The kids loved funny clowns. They learned the alphabet and numbers. The transmission was closed in 2020. For older children, the program “Visiting the fairy tale” was shown. Famous directors of that time created instructive fairy tale films on which children are kind.

Television is no longer the main source of information. It was replaced by the all-powerful Internet. Information has become more than can be said about its value and usefulness. What were your favorite TV shows of the USSR? Write us in the comments.