Nevozvrashchentsy
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Nevozvrashchentsy is the Russian term for citizens of the USSR
who refused to return to their country from the trips abroad.
s all citizens of the USSR who escaped abroad and joined the enemies of proletariat
and peasants.» or more commonly known as «The law about Nevozvrashchentsy». People, who escaped or attempted to escape, were, if captured, subject to a sentence varying from 10 years of Gulag
to death penalty.
After the death of Stalin in 1953, defectors were usually convicted for treason
in absentia
.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
who refused to return to their country from the trips abroad.
Origin of the term
This term was coined in 1929, following the resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR «Declaring outlawOutlaw
In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, this takes the burden of active prosecution of a criminal from the authorities. Instead, the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute...
s all citizens of the USSR who escaped abroad and joined the enemies of proletariat
Proletariat
The proletariat is a term used to identify a lower social class, usually the working class; a member of such a class is proletarian...
and peasants.» or more commonly known as «The law about Nevozvrashchentsy». People, who escaped or attempted to escape, were, if captured, subject to a sentence varying from 10 years of Gulag
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
to death penalty.
After the death of Stalin in 1953, defectors were usually convicted for treason
Treason
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
in absentia
In absentia
In absentia is Latin for "in the absence". In legal use, it usually means a trial at which the defendant is not physically present. The phrase is not ordinarily a mere observation, but suggests recognition of violation to a defendant's right to be present in court proceedings in a criminal trial.In...
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