Public prosecution bodies of the Khakass Autonomous Region during the post-Stalin period (1953-1960)

The aim of this article is the study of various aspects of the activities of the public prosecutor's bodies of the Khakass Autonomous Region during the period from I.V. Stalin's death (1953) to the last year of the operation of the 1926 RSFSR Criminal Code (1960). The source basis of the research is documents from the National Archive of the Republic of Khakassia first introduced for scientific use, and published scientific works. The restoration of "socialist legality" went along with the strengthening of the role of the prosecutor's office. The activities of the public prosecutor's bodies amplified during the studied period. In the framework of general supervisory work, the public prosecutor's bodies of the Khakass Autonomous Region carried out 754 inspections of execution of various laws in 1953, 867 inspections of this kind were carried out in 1954. Inspections resulted in 203 objections in 1953, 429 in 1954. 222 persons were brought to disciplinary responsibility in 1953, 377 in 1954. Protection of rights and legitimate interests of citizens was one of the most important functions of the public prosecutor's bodies. In 1954 the prosecutor's office of Khakassia received 7476 complaints, of them 1224 complaints were to city and regional prosecutor's offices, the others to the regional prosecutor's office. It was 365 complaints more than in 1953. People complained to the prosecutor's offices about sentence execution on cases of collecting alimony and of labour legal relationship. A special place in the activity of prosecutor's bodies was occupied with work on observance of the law in the part of arrests and the reasonableness of bringing to justice. The city and regional prosecutor's offices of Khakassia issued sanctions to arrest 839 people in 1954. For the same period, 37 people were discharged from custody. Some prosecutors were brought to disciplinary responsibility for unreasonable issuing of sanctions for arrest. During the studied period public prosecutor's bodies of Khakassia experienced difficulties with personnel: there were not enough people to fully execute the duties. Public prosecutor's workers were excessively busy. In 1954 the prosecutor's office of the Shira District investigated 200 cases and received 1376 complaints, of the Tashtyp District investigated 92 cases and received 629 complaints, the prosecutor's office of the Askiz District had 92 cases and 467 complaints, the prosecutor's office of the Bograd District had 125 cases and 570 complaints. With this load, the prosecutor's offices consisted only of the prosecutor and the investigator; the prosecutor's office of the Shira District also had an assistant prosecutor. The author comes to a conclusion that the heads of the prosecutor's offices of the RSFSR and Krasnoyarsk Krai did not pay due attention to the needs of the public prosecutor's bodies of Khakassia; as a consequence, it was difficult for the latter to cope with their duties.

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