COURTS OF THE KHANTY-MANSI AUTONOMOUS OKRUG IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE POST-WAR FIVE-YEAR PLAN

Aleksandr A. Kaburkin

DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2021-2-2-13-20

Key words

the Great Patriotic War, Khanty-Mansi National District, Tyumen Region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, Ugra, post-war five-year plan, restoration of the national economy, court, judicial system, Soviet authorities, punitive policy

Annotation

The judicial system and the judicial authority in any state and in any society perform very important socially significant functions. That is why the issues of evolvement, formation, as well as the legal regulation of the court system, improving the legislative framework of the judicial system’s activity are a serious link in the construction of a democratic state governed by the rule of law. A comprehensive and complete study of construction and transformation of the Soviet judicial system in this context is extremely relevant and is of paramount importance both for the Russian society and for the Russian state, since it was the Soviet judicial system that was the basis for constructing the current Russian judicial system. In this aspect, the post-war stage in the formation of the judicial system in the USSR is of particular interest, its study requires a particularly careful attention and detailed analysis, including due to its originality and uniqueness in the context of world history. The article considers the features of the formation and activity of the judicial bodies in the Khanty-Mansi National District, as well as the problems faced by the district courts after the end of the Great Patriotic War in the first year of the post-war five-year plan of 1946–1950, aimed at restoring the national economy. The article shows the specifics and uniqueness of the district judicial system functioning, reflects the main directions to which the district courts directed their efforts, describes the main problems that the courts faced in their work. The article presents statistical data on key positions that characterize both criminal judicial and punitive policy and civil law proceedings. Problems and shortcomings in the activity of the Soviet judicial system in the territory of the district are reflected. It is noted that the courts made a significant contribution to the national economy restoration and the establishment of peaceful life in the region. Despite the existence of certain problems in the activities of the district courts, despite the difficulties in their work, including due to the geographical features of the district, the judicial authorities ensured the fulfillment of their extremely important tasks in the field of both administration of justice and ensuring punitive policies and, consequently, following the party’s policies. At this, despite the increase in crime in the first post-war year, the growth of criminal cases, the district courts improved the quality of proceedings conduct.

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Information about the author

Aleksandr A. Kaвurkin – Post-Graduate Student, Russian History Department, Chuvash State University, Russia, Cheboksary (kaa21.777@yandex.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-7996).

For citations

Kaburkin A.A. COURTS OF THE KHANTY-MANSI AUTONOMOUS OKRUG IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE POST-WAR FIVE-YEAR PLAN. Historical Search, 2021,  vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 13–20. DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2021-2-2-13-20 (in Russian).

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