The Great Patriotic War: a View Through the Prism of Power
https://doi.org/10.17803/2542-2472.2022.21.1.020-024
Abstract
The article attempts to analyze the events of the Great Patriotic War in the context of the existing model of power at that time. At the same time, the model of power is considered as a manifestation of political tradition, which is why it can remain unchanged when changing state forms. According to the author, the model of power associated with the Soviet system had a positive impact on the mobilization of human and material resources during the war. This was facilitated by its economic basis in the form of nationalization of all means of production. At the same time, during the war, the repressive state machine continued to function, which did not contribute to the struggle for the independence of the country. The article focuses on the fact that state arbitrariness continued even after the Great Victory, an example of which is the «Leningrad case». According to the author, the main direction of scientific research devoted to the Great Patriotic War should be the determination of the price of victory, all its victims. In this regard, it is necessary to bear in mind the influence on the events of the wartime state administration, characteristic of the then existing model
of power.
Keywords
history,
Great Patriotic War,
victory,
people,
state,
power,
model of power,
public administration,
economy
About the Author
E. N. Kuznetsova
Korolev Samara National Research University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena N. Kuznetsova, Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Department of State and Administrative Law
Moskovskoe shosse, d. 34, Samara, 443086
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Kuznetsova E.N. The Great Patriotic War: a View Through the Prism of Power. Russian Law Online. 2022;(1):20-24. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/2542-2472.2022.21.1.020-024
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