Introduction. The article of E.V. Berdnikova is devoted to the historical analysis of features of a constitutional and legal regulation of public control in the Soviet system of public administration. Object. The main object of the work is to study the specificity of social control as the constitutional and legal institute of the Soviet legal system. Results. The author analyzes the regulatory framework, which laid the basis for the organization of the system of public control over the activities of public authorities in Soviet Russia.
