A new issue of the project "By Concepts: Russian Political Dictionary" this time we deal with the word "court". How was the court understood in Russia before the reform of Alexander II? Why did the emperor demand to make him "quick, just, merciful and equal to all his subjects"? How did the Bolsheviks change the judicial system and why, alongside ordinary courts, did revolutionary courts and "troikas" appear? Together with Iti.ru and Moshed, we followed how the idea of ​​the court changed - from a device for settling disputes and maintaining public order to an independent institution of justice. We understood how justice was understood in different historical periods, who determined guilt and punishment, and what meanings are attributed to the term "court" in modern Russia. Article via link sheet in VK month.

A new issue of the project "By Concepts: Russian Political Dictionary" this time we deal with the word "court". How was the court understood in Russia before the reform of Alexander II? Why did the emperor demand to make him "quick, just, merciful and equal to all his subjects"? How did the Bolsheviks change the judicial system and why, alongside ordinary courts, did revolutionary courts and "troikas" appear? Together with Iti.ru and Moshed, we followed how the idea of ​​the court changed - from a device for settling disputes and maintaining public order to an independent institution of justice. We understood how justice was understood in different historical periods, who determined guilt and punishment, and what meanings are attributed to the term "court" in modern Russia. Article via link sheet in VK month.