Випробування владою: посадова злочинність радянської номенклатури великих міст в Україні часів непу (за матеріалами херсонської справи)

Abstract

This article is a study of the relationship of the new Soviet ruling elite with the population of a Ukrainian city in the period of a New Economic Policy. The basis of this investigation consists of sources relevant to the “Kherson case” - and focuses on a series of systematic crimes committed by the Soviet city administration. The specific nature of these sources allowed for the reconstruction of the events and for tracing the social (city community) and individual (main actors) reactions to this situation. This study makes it possible to reconstruct in detail the specificity of the new stratification processes and the reactions of representatives from different social groups to those processes.