RUSSIA AS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE USSR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM: CONSTITUTIONAL AND EXISTENTIAL DETERMINANTS

Author(s): Tarasevich I.A.

Rubric: Issues of theory and history of law

DOI: 10.21777/2587-9472-2024-2-28-35

Release: 2024-2 (42)

Pages: 28-35

Keywords: fascism, constitutionalism, existential approach, anti-fascism, succession of the USSR, ideals of ancestors, social solidarity

Annotation: The article describes the constitutional and legal foundations of the struggle against fascism in modern Russia as the successor of the USSR. The author substantiates the need to use the definition of fascism given by Soviet scholars, taking into account their existential experience of generations who survived fascist aggression. The article provides a comparative analysis of the approach to defining the concept of fascism by Soviet authors and Western researchers, reveals the differences and reasons that prompted Western researchers to interpret this concept differently. The article substantiates the existential approach, analyzing scientific and legal concepts through the personal experience, values, and worldview of their authors. It reveals the anti-fascist orientation of the norms of the Russian Constitution, enshrining the succession of the USSR, the ideals of ancestors, belief in God, and social solidarity. The conclusion is made about the need for direct constitutional enshrinement of the fight against fascism around the world as Russia’s historical mission. The results of the article are important for the forming of modern Russian constitutionalism and state ideology.

Bibliography: Tarasevich I.A. RUSSIA AS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE USSR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM: CONSTITUTIONAL AND EXISTENTIAL DETERMINANTS // Journal of Legal Sciences. – 2024. – № 2 (42). – С. 28-35. doi: 10.21777/2587-9472-2024-2-28-35