The law of the Soviet Union was the legal system that developed after the October Revolution of 1917, built on Marxism-Leninism grafted onto elements of pre-revolutionary Russian law, itself shaped by Byzantine, Mongol and Russian Orthodox canon-law influences and by the Western legal concepts introduced through Alexander II's 1864 judicial reforms. Soviet authorities formally repealed all Tsarist legislation in 1917 and, following Marxist-Leninist theory that law was part of the state's superstructure destined to wither away under true communism, built a system in which the judiciary was formally subordinate to the Supreme Soviet and criminal trials pursued an official investigation of the truth rather than an adversarial contest between parties, resembling continental European civil law procedure more than common law. Modified versions of the Soviet system were exported after the Second World War to other Communist states, including Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe, Cuba and Vietnam. The system ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Example JurisdictionsMongolia, People's Republic of China, Warsaw Pact countries of eastern Europe, Cuba, Vietnam 2 Classification
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Source 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Alexander Volchkov (jurist)
Source Andrey Vyshinsky (Wikipedia)
Source Aron Trainin (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Evgeny Pashukanis
Source Fyodor Kozhevnikov (Wikipedia)
Source Grigory Tunkin (Wikipedia)
Source Iona Nikitchenko (Wikipedia)
Source Roman Rudenko (Wikipedia)
Source Vladimir Terebilov (Wikipedia)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: China, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cuba, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Eastern Europe, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Europe, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mongolia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Vietnam, found in there.
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1. Wikipedia: Law of the Soviet Union
The Law of the Soviet Union was the law as it developed following the October Revolution; modified versions of the Soviet legal system operated in many Communist statesView the Source 2. Law of the Soviet Union (Wikipedia)
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In 1917, the Soviet authorities formally repealed all Tsarist legislation and established a socialist legal system.
Opening section, modified versions
Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, the Warsaw Pact countries of eastern Europe, Cuba and Vietnam.
View the SourceAndrey Vyshinsky (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Andrey Vyshinsky, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Andrey Vyshinsky, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Soviet politician
Fyodor Kozhevnikov (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Fyodor Kozhevnikov, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Fyodor Kozhevnikov, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Soviet jurist and legal expert
Aron Trainin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Aron Trainin, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Aron Trainin, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Soviet jurist and criminologist
Iona Nikitchenko (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Iona Nikitchenko, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Iona Nikitchenko, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Soviet judge who served on the Supreme Court o
Grigory Tunkin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Grigory Tunkin, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Grigory Tunkin, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Soviet jurist
Roman Rudenko (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Roman Rudenko, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Roman Rudenko, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Soviet lawyer and statesman
Vladimir Terebilov (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Vladimir Terebilov, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Vladimir Terebilov, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Soviet judge and politician
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union (Wikipedia)
Includes: 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, Wikipedia lead paragraphQuote, Includes: 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, Wikipedia lead paragraph
The 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, officially the Constitution of the Union o
Wikidata: Evgeny Pashukanis
Includes: Evgeny Pashukanis, Wikipedia category: Soviet juristsView the Source Wikidata: Alexander Volchkov (jurist)
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