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Lev SheyninA famous Soviet lawyer
Date of Birth: 25.03.1906
Country:  Russia |
Content:
- Early Life and Career
- Investigation and Political Trials
- Involvement in Nuremburg Trials and Literary Pursuits
- Novels, Plays, and Film Collaborations
- Other literary works by Sheinin include:
Early Life and Career
Lev Robertovich Sheinin was born into a Jewish family in Belarus. He joined the Komsomol in 1919 during the Russian Civil War and became a member of the Toropets District Committee of the Russian Communist Youth League. In 1921, he moved to Moscow and began working for the USSR Prosecutor's Office in 1923. Concurrently, he studied at Moscow State University.
Investigation and Political Trials
In 1927, Sheinin was sent to Leningrad to work as an investigator. He joined the Communist Party in 1929. From 1931, he became a high-ranking investigator for the USSR Prosecutor's Office. In 1934, he investigated the assassination of Sergei Kirov and led the interrogations of the arrested assassin, Leonid Nikolaev.
In 1935, Sheinin played a pivotal role in the political trials of the "Moscow Center" case, securing the convictions of Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev. However, in 1936, he was arrested and sent to a labor camp in Kolyma. Shortly after, his case was reviewed, and he was released.
Involvement in Nuremburg Trials and Literary Pursuits
During the Nuremburg Trials (1945-1946), Sheinin served as a member of the Soviet delegation. In October 1951, he was arrested again on charges related to the A.I. Abakumov case and accused of organizing an anti-Soviet group. He was imprisoned on Lubyanka until his release in 1953 following the downfall of Lavrentiy Beria.
After 1953, Sheinin focused exclusively on literary pursuits. He had begun writing for newspapers as early as 1919 and studied at the Moscow Literary and Art Institute named after Valery Bryusov from 1921 to 1923. He became renowned for his collection of stories, "Notes of an Investigator," which depicted the daily life of Soviet criminal investigations.
Novels, Plays, and Film Collaborations
Sheinin collaborated with the Tur brothers in 1949 to write the screenplay for the film "Meeting on the Elbe," for which they received the Stalin Prize. In the 1960s, he held positions as a member of the USSR Ministry of Culture's Artistic Council, editor-in-chief of Mosfilm, and head of the drama department of the USSR Writers' Union.
Other literary works by Sheinin include:
- 1939: "The Mistake of Engineer Kochin" (play)- 1942-1965: "Military Secret" (novel trilogy)
- 1944: "Face to Face" (novella)
- 1960: "The Weight of Accusation" (play)
Film scripts written by Sheinin:
- 1939: "The Mistake of Engineer Kochin"
- 1944: "The Duel"
- 1957: "Night Patrol"
- 1962: "Chain Reaction"
- 1965: "Game Without Rules."
