Cheka tribunals
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Cheka tribunals were revolutionary courts of Soviet Russia’s secret police that conducted rapid, often extrajudicial proceedings against perceived enemies of the Bolshevik regime.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bolshevik tribunal | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extraordinary court
ⓘ
political repression mechanism ⓘ revolutionary tribunal ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
bourgeoisie
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ former Tsarist officials ⓘ hostages taken during Red Terror ⓘ political opponents of Bolsheviks ⓘ suspected counterrevolutionaries ⓘ suspected saboteurs ⓘ suspected spies ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | revolutionary legality ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Bolshevik Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | early 1920s ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
absence of defense counsel
ⓘ
extrajudicial nature ⓘ lack of due process ⓘ politically motivated charges ⓘ rapid sentencing ⓘ secret hearings ⓘ summary proceedings ⓘ use of torture in interrogations ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
confiscation of property
ⓘ
execution ⓘ forced labor ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ |
| inception | 1918 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | operated outside regular court system ⓘ |
| location |
Moscow
ⓘ
Petrograd NERFINISHED ⓘ various Soviet Russian cities ⓘ |
| operator | Cheka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Mensheviks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Socialist Revolutionaries NERFINISHED ⓘ international human rights advocates (retrospectively) ⓘ liberal jurists ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cheka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
GPU tribunals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OGPU judicial mechanisms ⓘ |
| significantEvent | mass trials during Red Terror ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | Russian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
elimination of perceived class enemies
ⓘ
enforcement of Bolshevik rule ⓘ political repression ⓘ suppression of counterrevolution ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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