Soviet military tribunals

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judicial body military court

Soviet military tribunals were special courts of the USSR’s armed forces that conducted criminal and political trials, often in a highly secretive and repressive manner, particularly during Stalinist purges and postwar crackdowns.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
military tribunals of the USSR 2
Soviet military tribunal 1
Soviet military tribunal in Riga 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial body ⓘ
military court ⓘ
appliedIn USSR armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic frequent use of capital punishment ⓘ
highly secretive proceedings ⓘ
limited procedural safeguards ⓘ
political influence over verdicts ⓘ
rapid trials ⓘ
use of coerced confessions ⓘ
use of forced labor sentences ⓘ
consequence execution by shooting ⓘ
imprisonment in Gulag ⓘ
loss of civil rights ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
criticizedFor lack of independence ⓘ
use as an instrument of political repression ⓘ
violations of due process ⓘ
jurisdiction civilians in war zones ⓘ
members of other Soviet armed services ⓘ
members of the Red Army ⓘ
members of the Soviet Navy ⓘ
occupied territories ⓘ
prisoners of war ⓘ
legalBasis Soviet criminal code NERFINISHED ⓘ
extraordinary laws on counterrevolutionary crimes ⓘ
special wartime decrees ⓘ
legalSystem Soviet law ⓘ
notableEra Stalin era NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo NKVD troikas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet political repression ⓘ
Soviet state security organs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stalinist purges NERFINISHED ⓘ
postwar crackdowns on perceived enemies ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Defense of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
People's Commissariat of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet military command NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet state security organs NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Great Purge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
post–World War II period ⓘ
usedFor collaboration with the enemy ⓘ
counterrevolutionary offenses ⓘ
cowardice in the face of the enemy ⓘ
criminal trials ⓘ
desertion cases ⓘ
disciplinary cases in the armed forces ⓘ
political trials ⓘ
treason cases ⓘ
war crimes trials ⓘ
wartime offenses ⓘ

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Subject: Soviet military tribunals
Description of subject: Soviet military tribunals were special courts of the USSR’s armed forces that conducted criminal and political trials, often in a highly secretive and repressive manner, particularly during Stalinist purges and postwar crackdowns.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leningrad Affair → participant → Soviet military tribunals ⓘ
Criminal Code of the RSFSR → appliedBy → Soviet military tribunals ⓘ
this entity surface form: military tribunals of the USSR
Viktor Abakumov → wasTriedBy → Soviet military tribunals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet military tribunal
Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR → authorityOver → Soviet military tribunals ⓘ
this entity surface form: military tribunals of the USSR
Higher SS and Police Leader Friedrich Jeckeln → triedBy → Soviet military tribunals ⓘ
subject surface form: Friedrich Jeckeln
this entity surface form: Soviet military tribunal in Riga