Fyodor Kozhevnikov

Fyodor Kozhevnikov
Фёдор Кожевников
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
28 November 1953 – 1961
Preceded bySergey Golunsky [ru]
Succeeded byVladimir Koretsky [ru; uk]
Personal details
Born(1903-03-15)15 March 1903
Died22 March 1998(1998-03-22) (aged 95)

Fyodor Ivanovich Kozhevnikov (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Кожевников; 15 March 1903 – 22 March 1998) was a Soviet jurist and legal expert.

He wrote extensively about international law aspects in Russian history, and his writing supported Russian nationalist interpretation rather than Marxist–Leninist ideas. His main argument was that the Russian state, both in Tsarist times as well as under the Soviets, was the most progressive civilization in the field of international law.[citation needed]