Становление юридического образования на территории города Севастополя. Историко-биографический аспект

Abstract

The paper explores historical and social circumstances of the foundation of the Institute of Law of Sevastopol in 1919–1920, the focus being on the importance of various triggering political events, the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War (1917–1922), among others, which have influenced the birth and life of this educational institution. Further emphasis is laid on the fundamentals and significance of Russian legal education, its place in social life and emerging intellectual circles of a specific historical period. The article probes the historical and biographical contexts of the lives and fates of such seminal members of staff of the Sevastopol Law Institute as Gogel S.K. and Pashe-Ozerski N.N. At that, the biographical approach provides deep insight into how historical events like the October Revolution, the Russian Civil War, repression and emigration are interrelated and what impact they had had on society as a whole and individuals in particular. The article then goes on to explore the role and function of certain departments affiliated with the Sevastopol Law Institute, as well as its faculties and the board of trustees. It also concerns the purpose of a peasant law course specially designated as part of the Institute`s curriculum and its effects on a land reform implemented to grant the maximum possible freedom of land administration and zemstvo activities. Accomplished by General Wrangel P. N. in 1920, the reform could certainly become a landmark agricultural initiative for the future of Russia and fundamentally revitalize the social and political system.