Professor Valentin Nazarov: the first chairman of the Tambov Regional Court in modern Russia

The work is dedicated to the first chairman of the Tambov Regional Court, a respected public and political figure, Professor Valentin Vasilyevich Nazarov, who died on September 05, 2022. The professional formation and path of V.V. Nazarov, who managed to combine a theorist, judge, and public figure in different periods of his life, is noted. The assessment of V.V. Nazarov’s contribution to the youth legal science of the region, the formation of mechanisms of free legal aid to the population and its legal education is given. The role of V.V. Nazarov in the work of the coordinating council for improving the legal culture of the population in building and functioning of the entire regional mechanism of free legal aid, increasing its relevance and quality, increasing the ethical level of legal culture, monitoring the degree of effectiveness is highlighted. We note the scientific interests of V.V. Nazarov, which included the theoretical and practical justification of the investigator’s idea of eliminating the causes and conditions that contributed to the commission of a crime as an important and effective tool for preventing crimes. Attention is paid to the active activity of V.V. Nazarov within the legal community as a member of the All-Russian Public Organization “Association of Russian Lawyers”, a member of the Tambov Regional Branch of the All-Russian Public Organization Association of Russian Lawyers.