THE SOVIET PRACTICE OF DEPRIVATION OF ELECTORAL RIGHTS IN THE TURKESTAN ASSR -UZBEK SSR IN CONSTITUTIONS OF 1918-1937-IES

Abstract

This article provides an analysis of constitutions during the existence of two Soviet republics - the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1918- 1924) and the Uzbek SSR (since 1925). Basing on analysis of constitutions’ articles devoted to "active and passive suffrage" there were set apart those social groups that were deprived of the right to vote, there were represented the class nature of the constitutions’ articles. Accomplished research allows to reconstruct the politics of the Soviet government in 1918-1937 regarding the “exploiting classes” in Soviet society.