On dangerous span: military justice on railways (1918-1921)

The article gives a brief description of the state of railways, locomotives and wagons in the initial period of the October Revolution of 1917. The conditions that dictated the creation of emergency revolutionary defense bodies - RMRT - were analyzed. The legislation regulating the activities of these military-judicial bodies is considered. An attempt was made to assess the role and place of military justice in combating offenses that violate the order of the railways, the technical condition of railways and rolling stock. The RMRT had the opportunity to verify the investigation of cases that were in court proceedings. It is noted that the main investigative actions were approved by the chairman of the RMRT without fail. So, the defendant was certainly given protection - if the prosecution was allowed to charge. Various petitions, applications, challenges were decided at the meeting of the RMRT. The accused had the right to file complaints and petitions to get acquainted with the case materials and the investigative actions carried out, which is subject to review by the court in a court session. At the end of the article, the author comes to the following conclusion: the activity of the RMRT was regulated by normative legal acts, which, even based on modern approaches, were developed at a high level of legal technique. RMRT in a short time coped with the main task that the government of the Soviet Republic set before them - to combat the violations that disorganize the order of movement on the railways, the technical condition of the railways and rolling stock.