LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF ELIMINATION OF CONVENTIONAL LAW IN RUSSIA IN THE 1920-1930S (ON MATERIALS OF THE UDMURT REPUBLIC)
On the basis of the materials on the Udmurt Republic, we addressed the issues related to the elimination of customary law in Russia. In Udmurtia, in view of local and national traditions, the main administrative body in the community was the village gathering «kenesh». Most of the questions at the gathering was solved on the basis of a customary law (“syam”), the solutions of «kenesh» were of a binding character, that was mandatory. The party and the Soviet government saw in the Soviet village councils conductors of its policy on the ground. However, farmers recognized their own communal self-government, the power of community gatherings. Therefore, when the collectivization of agriculture started, «kenesh» and communal self-governments in Russia became the main obstacles of the collectivization policy to be put into life. The author considered in what way the elimination of customary law influenced the crime wave under the conditions of Russia (for example, in the Udmurt Republic) and resulted in the growth of administrative and law machinery, in the increase of the financing charge and in economic and social harm done to the society and the state. An attempt was made to find out the cause of the liquidation of wealthy peasants (“kulaks”) as a class.