1937 in the Advocacy. Sverdlovsk Region

The 1930s have become known in the Russian history as years of the Great Terror. Cases on crimes against the revolution (Art. 581–5818 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR as amended in 1926) were reviewed in the simplified procedure, sentences were pronounced by extra-judicial authorities. However, the customary procedure was also applied, where the accused could hope for protection of rights of an individual. This happened in criminal case No. 3098 against Chairperson of the Presidium of the Sverdlovsk Regional Bar Association N.F. Ostrovsky, his deputy V.P. Postnikov and Chairperson of the Local Trade Union Committee A.F. Toropova.