Cultural education in the Soviet area has seven characteristics.

Soviet area is a revolutionary base area founded and led by China during the Second Revolutionary Civil War. At that time, the regime in the base area took the form of Soviet (that is, representative meeting), which was called Soviet government, and the base area was referred to as Soviet area for short. Education in Soviet area refers to giving full play to the enthusiasm of the masses in running schools and learning culture during the second revolutionary civil war. Under extremely difficult conditions, education in Soviet area has made remarkable achievements.