Practical Activities of the Disciplinary Comrades’ Court under District Trade Union of Railways No. 11 at the Moscow-Bryanskaya Station through the Archival Materials

Using the example of the disciplinary comrades’ court at the district trade union of railway workers No. 11 of the Moscow-Bryanskaya station, the practical law enforcement activity and the legal basis for the activities of the comrades’ court are considered; the personnel of the court and the punishments applied by it are established. The legal basis for the activities of a comrades’ court in early Soviet times is the decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR of 11/14/1919 “On workers’ disciplinary comrades’ courts (Regulation)”, the decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR of 04/05/1921 “Regulations on disciplinary comrades’ courts”. The specificity of the cases examined by the considered court is considered. The most indicative cases considered by the disciplinary comrades’ court under the district trade union of railway workers No. 11 of the Moscow-Bryanskaya station have been identified.