摘要：This issue of the Russian Law Journal is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian 1917 Revolution. This Revolution in the Soviet world was named the Great October Socialist Revolution,hoping to mark a radical shift in the paradigm of the society on the global scale. The importance of this Revolution is frequently compared to the importance of the French Revolution,which radically changed the history of the humankind. The Russian Revolution also initiated a great shift in the society of the Russian Empire and later – many other countries throughout the world. The shift involved a new form of social organization (abolishing of social “classes” in Marxist interpretation),a new economy (state-planned economy with the national ownership of all means of production),a new political system (centralized both organizationally and ideologically in its political structure),and a new form of law.
