State policy aimed at disfranchisement of peasantry in the 1920s to 1930s
The article deals with the state policy of Soviet power concerning the peasantry in the 1920s to 1930s. Legislative provisions concerning disfranchisement - legislative, legal and political grounds for forfeiture of a right to vote during rural soviets elections - are shown here. The article gives comparison of the RSFSR Constitution provisions (1918 and 1925), election and reelection instructions to soviets. Citizens' initiation of legal action of examination procedure for remitter of rights to vote and infringement of this process' legality is ascertained. The analysis of historical factors leads to a conclusion that disfranchisement allowed the new power to neutralise considerable part of the peasantry and also made possible gradual introduction of strongarm policy in solving rural problems; and finally, it created conditions for further repressive measures towards rural population.