Аннотация:The effect of thermal prehistory and mechanical field on the morphology and physicomechanicaland thermal properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogels has been studied. Using the methods of rheometry,DSC, and X-day diffraction analysis it is revealed that an increase in the heat treatment temperature of cryogels causes a rise of the melting temperature and a change in the crystallinity of PVA cryogels, as is typical forthe annealing phenomenon. It is established that the annealing of PVA cryogels formed under repeated freezing with simultaneous forced compression contributes to the formation of cryogels with the spatial networkbeing stable up to the onset of solvent boiling