The name of Vasily Sukhomlinsky is widely known not only in Russia, but also abroad. One of the largest Soviet teachers, a communist and art theorist - it was he who became the creator of that late Soviet school of the 1970-1980s, which is now so often remembered, calling it a lost pedagogical paradise. Sukhomlinsky’s subtle humanism, tact, deep Faith in the good beginning that lives in every person, have found recognition all over the world. In the book “The Birth of a Citizen,” the great teacher sums up all his other works. Here he builds a holistic system of education, which ultimately formed the basis of the Soviet school. The publishing layout is saved in a4.pdf format.