Participation of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Pskov region in the revision of state crimes’ cases in 1954-1956

• Main Author: Frolov Vasiliy Vladimirovich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches 2019-07-01
• Series: Studia Humanitatis
• Subjects: regional Prosecutor’s Office; state crimes; state crimes review commission; Pskov region; the Khrushchev’s thaw
• Online Access: http://st-hum.ru/en/node/791/

The article explores the activities of the Pskov Region Commission in reviewing cases of state crimes of the Stalin era, in which the staff of the regional Prosecutor’s Office took a direct part. This work was written on the basis of previously unpublished materials and documents of the State Archives of the Pskov Region. When solving research problems in this article, the author used systemic, comparative-historical and historical-genetic methods. In conclusion, the results of the work of the Commission of the Pskov Region on reviewing cases of state crimes can be considered satisfactory, since due to its activities a significant number of people were able to achieve, even if not fully rehabilitation, but a significant reduction in the punishment chosen against them.