Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code)

Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on February 25, 1927 to arrest those suspected guilty of counter-revolutionary activities. It was revised several times. In particular, its Article 58-1 was updated by the listed sub-articles and put in force since June 8, 1934.

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Russian SFSR - February 25 - 1927 - June 8 - 1934

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This article introduced the formal notion of the enemy of workers: those subject to articles 58-2 — 58-13 (those under 58-1 were "traitors", 58-14 were "saboteurs").

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Penal codes of other republics of Soviet Union also had articles of similar nature.

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