Wrecking (crime)

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Wrecking (Russian: вредительство or vreditel'stvo [vrʲɪˈdʲitʲɪlʲstvə], lit. "inflicting damage", "harming") was a crime specified in the criminal code of the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. It is often translated as "sabotage"; however, "wrecking", "diversionist acts", and "counter-revolutionary sabotage" were distinct sub-articles of Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) (58-7, 58–9, and 58-14 respectively); the meaning of "wrecking" is closer to "undermining".

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