
	Actual problems of Russian law Reference: Salamatova, M.S. Election system of the Soviet Russia of 1918–1936: new interpretations // Actual problems of Russian law. 2013. № 12. P. 1535-1542. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63501 Salamatova, M.S. Election system of the Soviet Russia of 1918–1936: new interpretations Abstract: The article contains analysis of the key specific features of the Soviet election system within the context of pre-Revolutionary election experience, and formation of the Soviets. The Bolsheviks denied the experience of previous election systems, and they announced that they shall follow the revolutionary practice of the Soviets election. While the institute was seemingly novel, during the elections to the Soviets in 1917 the traditional electoral experience was used. The Bolsheviks, having declared the total departure from the tradition, adapted many elements of pre-Revolution election law: such as the census, indirect and unequal representation in elections. In some cases the Bolsheviks used even more archaic elements from old election systems, such as “open” non-secret voting. Some novelties were introduced into the procedure. And both traditional and new elements of the Soviet election system were aimed at preferences for the city proletariat and formation of the Soviets, which would be loyal to the ruling party. Keywords: election census, indirect, uneven representation, production principle, open non-secret voting, the Bolsheviks, the Soviet Election system, the Soviets, electoral traditions, the Soviet legal scholars, the Soviet Russia. This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Belonovskiy V. N. Elektoral'noe pravo Rossiyskoy Federatsii. – M.: RGGU, 2010. – 1070 s. 2. Brodovich S. M. Sovetskoe izbiratel'noe pravo. – L.: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1925. – 131 s. 3. Vsesoyuznaya perepis' naseleniya 1926 goda. – M.: Izdanie TsSU SSSR, 1928. Tom 9. – 425 s. 4. Vybory v Sovety RSFSR v 1925 – 1926 gg. Ch.2. S'ezdy Sovetov i ispolnitel'nye komitety. – M.: Izdatel'stvo NKVD, 1926. – 188 s. 5. Demin V.A. Gosudarstvennaya Duma Rossii: mekhanizm funktsionirovaniya. Avtoref. dis. kand. ist. nauk. – M., 1997. – 24 s. 6. Dobkin A. I. Lishentsy. 1918-1936 gg. // Zven'ya. – M.; Spb., 1992. Vyp.2. S.605 – 627. 7. Itogi vyborov v Sibirskom krae // Izvestiya Sibkraykoma VKP (b). 1926. №6. – S. 11–18. 8. Kautskiy K. Diktatura proletariata. Ot demokratii k gosudarstvennomu rabstvu. Bol'shevizm v tupike. – M.: Antidor, 2002. – 314 s. 9. Kolonitskiy B. Krasnye protiv krasnykh // Neva. 2010. №11. – S.27–123. 10. Kukushkin Yu. S., Chistyakov O. I. Ocherk istorii sovetskoy Konstitutsii. – M.: Izdatel'stvo politicheskoy literatury, 1987. – 366 s. 11. Lenin V.I. Dve taktiki sotsial-demokratii v demokraticheskoy revolyutsii // Polnoe sobranie sochineniy. 5-e izd. – M.: Izdatel'stvo politicheskoy literatury, 1967. T.11. – S. 1–131. 12. Lenin V. I. Proletarskaya revolyutsiya i renegat Kautskiy // Polnoe sobranie sochineniy. 5-e izd. M.: Izdatel'stvo politicheskoy literatury, 1967. T. 37. – S.235–338. 13. Lepeshkin A. I. Sovety – vlast' trudyashchikhsya (1917 – 1936 gg.). – M.: Yuridicheskaya literatura, 1966. – 575 s. 14. Marginaly v sotsiume. Marginaly kak sotsium. Sibir' (1920 – 1930-e gody). – Novosibirsk: ID «Sova», 2007. – 456 s. 15. Minnikes I. V. Vybory v istorii Russkogo gosudarstva IX – XVIII vv. Avtoref. dis. dokt. yurid. nauk. – Ekaterinburg, 2004. – 48 s. 16. Protasov L. G. Vserossiyskoe Uchreditel'noe sobranie: Istoriya rozhdeniya i gibeli. – M.: Rosspen, 1997. – 355 s. 17. Pushkarev S. G. Vospominaniya istorika 1905 – 1945 // Posev. 1999. №3. – S. 3–112. 18. Salamatova M. S. «Obespechit' proletarskiy sostav Sovetov lyuboy tsenoy»: sposoby manipulyatsii na vyborakh v Sovetskoy Rossii v 1920-e gg. // Vlast' i obshchestvo v Rossii XIX – XX vekov: provintsial'nyy aspekt. – Orekhovo-Zuevo, 2012. – S.303–311. 19. Stuchka P. Uchenie o gosudarstve proletariata i krest'yanstva i ego Konstitutsii. Izdanie 5-e pererabotannoe. – M.–L.: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1926. – 291 s. 20. Tropov I. A. Konstitutsiya RSFSR 1918 g. i opyt organizatsii Sovetov na mestakh // Obshchestvo. Sreda. Razvitie (Terra Humana). 2011. №4. – S. 95–99. 21. Chistyakov O. I. Konstitutsiya RSFSR 1918 goda. izd. 2-e pererab. – M.: IKD «Zertsalo-M», 2003. – 224 s.

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