Albina Alekseevna Kozhaeva,
Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Social and Legal Discrimination in the Perception of Persons Deprived of Voting Rights in Novosibirsk (1925–1936)
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2024-1-10
The Constitution of the RSFSR was adopted by the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets in July 1918. It defined categories of individuals who were deprived of the right to actively or passively take part in elections. By the second half of the 1920s, the campaign of “disenfranchisement” was finally formalized and had a significant impact on individuals who were on discriminatory lists. This article focuses on examining the perception of persons deprived of voting rights in Novosibirsk of their own status after discrimination. Based on the analysis of petitions for the restoration of the rights, the mechanisms of the “disenfranchisement” are reconstructed from the perspective of the direct participants in those events. The reactions of petitioners to the deprivation of their voting rights are identified. Additionally, the discriminatory restrictions in the everyday lives of persons deprived of voting rights are determined. These restrictions were described in the petitions for the restoration of the rights. Therefore, conclusions about the extent to which electoral discrimination influenced the status of persons deprived of voting rights in post-revolutionary society are drawn.
Publishing: 28/02/2024
The article has been received by the editor on 27/10/2023
How to cite: Kozhaeva A.A. Social and Legal Discrimination in the Perception of Persons Deprived of Voting Rights in Novosibirsk (1925–1936) // Historical Courier, 2024, No. 1 (33), pp. 155–165. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2024/ISTKURIER-2024-1-10.pdf]
Links: Issue 1 2024
Keywords: deprived; social and legal discrimination; marginality; Novosibirsk; USSR