The Activity of the RSFSR Administrative Bodies of Justice on the Courts Management During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)

Student: Rybakov Vladislav

Educational Programme: Historical Knowledge (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

This research is a contribution to our understanding of judicial bodies in the RSFSR during the war. The author argues that the legal responsibilities of the territorial and lower judicial bodies expanded during the war while those of the RSFSR NKIu contracted. Judicial organs within the RSFSR also suffered from parallelism and duplication of functions, while their cadres were, by and large, inexperienced, young, and post-“Great Terror” vydvizhentsy. Some of these dynamics were already at play prior to the war; others were exacerbated by the war. The essay is based on extensive work in the archives of Moscow and elsewhere, some research in legal journals, and a broad understanding of the secondary literature on Soviet law.

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