Open AccessThe internment of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s units in Germany in 1920-1921 as an example of application of international law
Author(s) -
Dmitriy Ispovednikov,
Grigoriy Starodubtsyev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advances in law studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2500-428X
pISSN - 2409-5087
DOI - 10.29039/2409-5087-2019-7-3-31-35
Subject(s) - german , convention , law , context (archaeology) , political science , government (linguistics) , world war ii , economic history , history , sociology , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy
The article observes the circumstances of the internment of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s (RKKA) units in 1920-1921 in neutral Germany during the Soviet-Polish war. Events are explored in the context of the application of international law, in comparison with similar historical examples. The factors that influenced the choice between various disciplinary actions against the Red Army soldiers held in the camps, the change in their living conditions, as well as the organization of cultural leisure and employment are analyzed according to the results of study of complex of published and unpublished archival documents. It shows how the decisions adopted by the German government corresponded to the provisions of the Hague Convention relative to the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in case of War on Land of 18 October 1907.