Elchaninova, O. E., Elchaninov, A. P. Legal Conscience of the Soviet Peasantry During the ‘Thaw’ (Based on the Materials of the Middle Volga Region).

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the origin of the Russian legal conscience as one of the forms of the public conscience. Based on the example of the Middle Volga Region, the authors reveal peculiarities of the legal conscience of the rural population in 1950- 1960. The authors focus on emotions and ideas of the rural society representing their attitude to law and legal phenomena from the point of view of the relationship between the peasantry and state institution.

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