The tendency of changes in the personnel of the investigative branch of the USSR in the context of a New Economic Policy

The article is focused on the analysis of the influence of a new economic policy on changes of the ruling party’s approach to the recruitment of investigators. The party affiliation and a worker-peasant origin were the main requirements for the selection of investigators in the Soviet era. Education and professional skills played a secondary role. The author analyzes the implementation of principles of the personnel policy of the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks (VKP (b) ) relying on a significant archive material, which enabled to trace changes in the investigative personnel in dynamics and in comparison of data in the Urals with All-Union’s information. The analysis of a qualitative composition of the different categories of investigators (senior and public investigators) is an advantage of the article. The author clearly demonstrates the consequences of implementation of the party principle of the personnel formation. Also, the author tries to create a social portrait of the investigator.