Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code)
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Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on 25 February 1927 to prosecute those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities. It was revised several times. In particular, its Article 58-1 was updated by the listed sub-articles and put in force on 8 June 1934.[citation needed]
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This article introduced the formal notion of the enemy of workers: those subject to articles 58-2 ā 58-13 (those under 58-1 were "traitors", 58-14 were "saboteurs")[citation needed].
Penal codes of other republics of the Soviet Union also had articles of similar nature[citation needed].