The Russian state-civilization and its unprecedented feat in ensuring the peace and security of mankind: on the 80^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

The article offers a conceptual understanding of the Russian state-civilization in terms of the role and significance of Victory in the Great Patriotic War as a factor naturally shaping the civilizational features of the Russian cultural and civilizational space. The article shows the connection between the unprecedented feat of the Russian state and civilization in preserving and ensuring the peace and security of mankind, as well as its impact on the legal foundations of the modern world order formed in the post-war years. The key focus of the work is on normative legal acts defining the directions for the preservation of historical truth, continuity in the development of the Russian state, the protection of the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, as well as on the doctrinal developments of scientists at the Institute of State and Law, which provided the opportunity for the Nuremberg Trials. The article allows us to determine the effectiveness of the developed measures in the modern period and outline the main directions of further work of legal scholars.