Isaev Viktor I.,

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk Military Institute of National Guard Troops, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Mikheyev Dmitriy Yu.,

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Novosibirsk Military Institute of National Guard Troops, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Attempt to Brake the Repressive Machine: the Impact of Instructions of the Central Committee of the VKP(b) and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR Dated May 8, 1933 on the Work of the Judicial Authorities of Siberia

 

 DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2019-1-14

 Published documents are extracted from the files of the archival fund of the West Siberian regional court for 1934–1935. They reflect the tendency of some warming of the public atmosphere in the mid-1930s, which occurred after a period of severe repression during the collectivization of the peasantry and the elimination of the kulaks as a class. The instruction of theCentral Committee of the VKP (b) and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR dated May 8, 1933 outlined a course to reduce repression and return the situation in the village to the legal field. At the same time, the activities of the judicial authorities continued to focus on the use of criminal prosecution against any manifestation of peasant disobedience or encroachment on state and collective farm property.

Publishing: 26/02/2019

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How to cite: Isaev V.I., Mikheev D.Y. Attempt to Brake the Repressive Machine: the Impact of Instructions of the Central Committee of the VKP(b) and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR Dated May 8, 1933 on the Work of the Judicial Authorities of Siberia // Historical Courier, 2019, # 1 (3). Article 14. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-1-14.pdf

Links: Issue 1 2019

Keywords: judicial authorities; peasantry; legality; criminal proceedings; Instruction of the Central Committee of the VKP (b) and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR dated May 8, 1933