CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN THE SOVIET LEGISLATION
OF THE PRE-WAR PERIOD (1917-1941)

Farit V. Gabdrakhmanov, Larisa V. Monakhova¹, Mikhail A. Smirnov²* & Olga V. Timofeeva^3
1As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, laranka@mail.ru
²*As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, micsha.smi2015@yandex.ru
³As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, korneeva.o@inbox.ru
*Corresponding author

Abstract
The article reveals the history of the origin and development of the criminal conviction in the Soviet criminal law. It involves the analysis of the USSR legislation (1922), Soviet Russia legislation (1917) and other union republics legislation, Soviet scientific literature, the decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the USSR. The formation of the criminal conviction institute dates back to mid-1920 with the legislative recognition of the criminal conviction expungement in the institution of the probation. The most detailed the criminal law and general legal consequences of the criminal conviction were disclosed in the legislation.

Keywords: Soviet criminal law, criminal conviction, criminal conviction expungement, consequences.