Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (
During 1926–1948 the Chairman of the Collegium was Vasiliy Ulrikh.[2]
The role of the Military Collegium drastically changed after June 1934, when it was assigned the duty to consider cases that fell under Article 58, counter-revolutionary activity.
During the Great Purge of 1937–1938 the Military Collegium tried relatively prominent figures, usually based on the lists approved personally by Joseph Stalin,[3] the majority of Article 58 cases having been processed extrajudicially by NKVD troikas. In particular, the Military Collegium conducted the major Soviet show trials.[4]
The Collegium was also involved in a subsequent trial of Polish General Leopold Okulicki, the last commander of the Polish Home Army, and Jan Stanisław Jankowski, Government Delegate for Poland.[5]
Chairmen
- 1923–1926: Valentin Trifonov
- 1926–1948: Vasiliy Ulrikh
- 1948–1957: Aleksandr Cheptsov
- 1957–1964: V. V. Borisoglebskiy
- 1964–1971: N.F. Chistyakov
See also
- Ministry of Justice of the Soviet Union
- Stalin's shooting lists
- Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of Russia
- Solovetsky Stone, a memorial to victims of Soviet repression, many of whom were executed under orders from the Military Collegium