Кримінально-правовий характер ідеології The criminal-legal nature of the ideology of soviet totalitarism in the USSR during the 1920s-1930s

The purpose of the reseachis to determine the criminal nature of the ideology of Soviet totalitarianism. The research methodologyis based on the principles of methodological pluralism. Thus, for this study the determining factor is the interdisciplinary approach which makes it possible to use those methods that reflect the integrated unity and synthesis of different methodological levels. Therefore, the significant place belongs to the methods of dialectics, analysis and synthesis. A special role is given to the historical-comparative method, which facilitated the comparison of the main trends and patterns of criminal legal policy in the USSR during the 1920s and 1930s. Scientific noveltylies in the fact that for the first time in historiography carried out a study that analyzed the criminal law ideology of Soviet totalitarianism in the USSR during the 1920-ies –1930-ies.