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Nikolai Vasil'Evich Krylenko: a Re-Evaluation

Nikolai Vasil'Evich Krylenko: a Re-Evaluation 131 NIKOLAI VASIL'EVICH KRYLENKO: A RE-EVALUATION DONALD D. BARRY University Professor of Government, Lehigh University Among the leaders of the Soviet legal profession, Nikolai Vasil'evich Krylenko occupies a special place because of the multi-faceted character of his career. His early adult years were devoted not to law but largely to the life of a profes- sional revolutionary and then a political and military operative. He turned to law, the field in which he spent the last twenty years of his life, only in 1918, when he was in his 33rd year. His work in law involved a breadth of experience not found among present-day Soviet jurists, and rare even in Krylenko's day: prosecutor in important political trials; Commissar of Justice at both the RSFSR and USSR level; ardent legal reformer who wrote and published pro- lifically on legal issues of the day; editor and lecturer who, if numerous Soviet sources are to be credited, took seriously the need to disseminate "legal propa- ganda" among the populace.' In addition, Krylenko was well known for his interests outside of law, including chess, mountain-climbing, hunting, and tourism, all areas which he helped encourage and develop in the new Soviet state.2 2 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) Brill

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© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0165-0300
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1875-2985
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10.1163/187529889X00076
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131 NIKOLAI VASIL'EVICH KRYLENKO: A RE-EVALUATION DONALD D. BARRY University Professor of Government, Lehigh University Among the leaders of the Soviet legal profession, Nikolai Vasil'evich Krylenko occupies a special place because of the multi-faceted character of his career. His early adult years were devoted not to law but largely to the life of a profes- sional revolutionary and then a political and military operative. He turned to law, the field in which he spent the last twenty years of his life, only in 1918, when he was in his 33rd year. His work in law involved a breadth of experience not found among present-day Soviet jurists, and rare even in Krylenko's day: prosecutor in important political trials; Commissar of Justice at both the RSFSR and USSR level; ardent legal reformer who wrote and published pro- lifically on legal issues of the day; editor and lecturer who, if numerous Soviet sources are to be credited, took seriously the need to disseminate "legal propa- ganda" among the populace.' In addition, Krylenko was well known for his interests outside of law, including chess, mountain-climbing, hunting, and tourism, all areas which he helped encourage and develop in the new Soviet state.2 2

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Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1989

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