Polemics around the legal practice of V. I. Ulyanov

The figure of V. I. Ulyanov, having gone into history of the world and domestic jurisprudence, has been evoking numerous discussions, which are jointed not only by professional scientists, but also by politicians, state and civic activists as well as a wide range of readers. The concept of «leniniana» that was predominant during the soviet period, caused appearance of «antileniniana» − «leninoidstvo», tough rivalry of traditionalists, centrists and radicals in elucidating almost every single page of the V. I. Ulyanov's biography. His professional activity has not become an exception. The author of the article if of opinion that the most fruitful and perspective direction is presented by the centrists group of scientists and is oriented not at making up sensations, but rather at eradicating «white spots» and myths, finding new approaches in interpretation of already known events and facts, and not yet used historical sources; optimization of methods of processing and generalization of historical information and so on. The composition structure of the issue of «Polemics around the legal practice of V. I. Ulyanov» or the subject of a special historical-legal research is composed of a range of questions, such as following: why did he choose legal profession; in which conditions and where did he get education; which features were characteristic for the capital and suburb legal community of those times; which cases did he conduct and what characterized the laboratory of his professional mastery; did he receive any remuneration, did he get support from his family; how did experienced colleagues evaluate performance of the young specialist; was the position of a deputy of attorney at law misused: what was the reaction of entities of the political police to the purely loyal actions of «disloyal» person and so on.