The Decline of the Russian Federation’s Commitment to Victims of Soviet Political Repression The Law ‘On Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression’ of 1991. A Twenty-Year Review of Implementation

Authors

Cathy A. Frierson, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow

Abstract

This is the second Working Paper examining the twenty-year history of Law 1761-1, “On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression.”(Hereafter: LoR) First passed in October 1991 by the RSFSR Supreme Soviet before the collapse of the USSR, the law continues to be in force today. The first Working Paper focused on the law’s positive contributions to a historical reckoning with Soviet abuses of Soviet citizens. This paper focuses on the law’s function as a social welfare benefit program; amendments to the law, 1992-2011; and stakeholders’ views of its application.

Department

History

Publication Date

4-1-2014

Publisher

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Frierson, C. A. “The Decline of the Russian Federation’s Commitment to Victims of Soviet Political Repression The Law ‘On Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression’ of 1991. A Twenty-Year Review of Implementation”: Second of two refereed research reports to National Council for Eurasian and East European Research/Distributed to Federal Agencies in April 2014.