mac277train: Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force in 1927 to arrest those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities.
The article led to the imprisonment of many prominent people, as well as multitudes of nonnotable innocents.
Sentences were long, up to 25 years, and
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