Legal regulation of the passport system in the soviet and post-soviet periods

The article discusses the issues of the formation and legal regulation of the passport system in the period after the revolution of 1917 to the present. The analysis of the normative legal acts of the Soviet period and the measures taken by the authorities in order to ensure the registration of the population and the organization of control of migration processes is carried out. Special attention is paid to the period of the establishment of a unified passport system throughout the USSR in December 1932, the role of residence registration and the peculiarities of the certification of the population in certain localities and rural settlements are noted. The adoption of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on August 28, 1974 «On approval of the Regulations on the passport system in the USSR» is considered as the most important stage in the development of the Soviet passport system. The article also draws attention to the development of the passport system in the post-Soviet period, marked by the adoption of the Law «On the right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freedom of movement, choice of place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation», the abolition of permissive registration and the introduction of notification registration. In the article, the authors draw conclusions about the influence of the Soviet passport system on the choice of place of residence and freedom of movement on the territory of the country.

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