The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, also known as the Stalin Constitution, was the communist state constitution of the USSR adopted on 5 December 1936.
1951 postage stamp marking the 15th anniversary of the Soviet Constitution, illustrating the right to recreation
The Ministry of Justice of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, formed on 15 March 1946, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the People's
List of persons to be tried by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court. Approving signatures: Joseph Stalin, Kliment Voroshilov, Lazar Kaganovich, Andrei Zhdanov, and Vyacheslav Molotov. The first page of a typical trial (de facto execution) list from the time of the Great Purge
Nikolai Krylenko was the first People's Commissar for Justice of the USSR