Emergency measures of public order protection in Russia during the first years of the Soviet power

Abstract

The article analyses the use of emergency
measures of public order protection in Russia during
the first years of the Soviet power. It shows the conceptual
foundations of the establishment of the Soviet law
machinery, which applied punitive methods of law and
order protection. The active work of all kinds of special
courts and agencies with the power of extrajudicial repression
was the characteristic feature of the mentioned
period. The revolutionary sense of justice was the basic
principle of law enforcement, and the struggle for power
was the main purpose