Information AboutAnti-soviet |
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Three different flavors of the usage of the term may be distinguished.
SOVIET UNION In the USSR, the Epithet "antisoviet" was Synonym ous with " Counterrevolutionary ". The noun "antisovietism" was rarely used and the noun "antisovietist" (, ''antisovetchik'') was used in a derogatory sense. During the Russian Civil War that followed the October Revolution of 1917 , the anti-Soviet side was the White Movement . Whole categories of people, such as clergy, Kulak s, former Imperial Russia n police, etc. were automatically considered anti-Soviet. More categories are listed in the article " Enemy Of The People ". Being anti-Soviet was a criminal offense in the Soviet Union. Anti-Soviet Agitation and activities were Political Crime s handled by the Article 58 of the RSFSR penal code and similar articles in other Soviet Republic s. |
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