Abstract. In this work, the effect of the ionic radius and concentration of a doping element on the features of the structural transformations in polycrystalline lanthanum manganites, La 1-x A x MnO 3+ (A = Ca, Sr, Ba), has been studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. For Mössbauer investigations, a small amount of 57 Fe (2 at%) Mössbauer isotope was introduced into the samples. It follows from the analysis of the obtained data that both common features of the structural transformations and differences between them exist in lanthanum manganites depending on ionic radius and concentration of a doping element.