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  2. Supreme Court of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, officially the Supreme Court of the USSR (Russian: Верховный Суд СССР) [1] was the highest court of the Soviet Union during its existence. It was established on November 23, 1923 [2] and was dissolved on January 2, 1992. [3]

  3. Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union

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    The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (Russian: Военная коллегия Верховного суда СССР, romanized: Voennaya kollegiya Verkhovnogo suda SSSR) was created in 1924 by the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union as a court for the higher military and political personnel of the Red Army and Fleet. [1]

  4. People's Court (Soviet Union) - Wikipedia

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    A people's court in the late Soviet Union was a court of first instance which handled the majority of civil and criminal offenses, as well as certain administrative law offenses. The people's court handled cases by a collegium consisted of a people's judge and two people's assessors. The people's assessors had duties similar to jurors, but ...

  5. Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (SSUSSR) [a] was the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Based on the principle of unified power , it was the only branch of government in the Soviet state.

  6. Law of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The Law of the Soviet Union was the law as it developed in the Soviet Union (USSR) following the October Revolution of 1917. Modified versions of the Soviet legal system operated in many Communist states following the Second World War—including Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, the Warsaw Pact countries of eastern Europe, Cuba and Vietnam.

  7. Lavrentiy Beria - Wikipedia

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    Beria and his men were tried by a "special session" (специальное судебное присутствие) of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union on 23 December 1953 with no defence counsel and no right of appeal. Marshal Ivan Konev was the chairman of the court. [84] [85] Beria was found guilty of: Treason. It was alleged that he ...

  8. Judiciary of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Judiciary of Russia interprets and applies the law of Russia.It is defined under the Constitution and law with a hierarchical structure with the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court at the apex.

  9. People's Commissariat of Justice of the Russian Soviet ...

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    The Supreme Court of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, like the prosecutor's office, was part of the apparatus of the People's Commissariat of Justice, and the chairman of the Supreme Court was simultaneously the Deputy People's Commissar of Justice. This management model coincided with the pre-Soviet model and existed until 1936.