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
Stalin's first government
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Stalin's first government was created on 7 May 1941 and was dissolved on 15 March 1946, with the creation of Stalin's second government. It was the government throughout the Great Patriotic War.
