Fadeev, V.I. In memory of Boris Sergeevich Krylov

Abstract: The article is devoted to Professor B.S. Krylov, his life and scientific achievements. It discusses the main points of his life as a scientist, teacher, citizen, patriot, participant of the 2nd World War. The author shows the input of B.S. Krylov into the analysis of many topical problems of constitutional law, such as parliamentarism, federalism, and sovereignty, constitutionalism, human rights, etc. It is noted in the article that B.S. Krylov was a thoughtful and authentic scientist, and he also was a very good teacher and lecturer, he put a lot of effort into the improvement of the level of education of students in the sphere of humanities, and to their patriotic education. The people were attracted to him due to his intelligence and the wide range of scientific and common knowledge. He was loved by the students, appreciated by his postgraduate students and deeply respected by his colleagues, who recognized his knowledge, expertise and fine personal qualities. He made an important input into the development of science of constitutional law of foreign states. One may say that in many of his works the problems were addressed for the first time in science. His doctoral thesis was a first fundamental work on parliament and parliamentarism of foreign states in the Soviet science, and it was written based on numerous foreign sources, many of which were for the first time brought into the scientific turnover by him. Secondly, during the Soviet period B.S. Krylov often published the article, where he characterized the constitutional law of foreign states, and the newest scientific works of foreign authors. In his opinion the future of the state required strengthening of the central power and widening the scope of democratic elements in all of the elements of government. In his opinion this combination was capable of guaranteeing the further development of basic human rights and freedoms. At the same time, he pointed out that the legislators should take into account the fact that the Russian federalism was by no means consecutive, since it grew out of the unitary state, which the USSR de facto was. He noted that in every federation the competences of central and local government is established based upon historical traditions and local conditions, as well as the level of political development of the population. In his opinion, it was important that the federal relations should not be constantly and abruptly changed, rather they should be based on sustainable constitutional norms and principles. Referring to the problem of equality and equal rights in constitutional law, he noted that this problem has specific value in a federal state. He was considering that all of the constituent subjects join the Russian Federation on equal terms an lack of equality among such subjects and their bodies would also mean that the residents of such constituent subjects are also not equal in their rights.

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