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=== Revolutionary tribunals ===
[[Revolutionary tribunal (Russia)|Revolutionary tribunals]] were present during both the Revolution and the Civil War, intended for the purpose of combatting forces of counter-revolution. At the Civil War's zenith, it is reported that upwards of 200,000 cases were investigated by approximately 200 tribunals.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Rendle |first=Matthew |date=25 November 2016 |title=Quantifying Counter-Revolution: Legal Statistics and Revolutionary Justice during Russia's Civil War, 1917–1922 |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |volume=68 |issue=10 |pages=1672–1692 |doi=10.1080/09668136.2016.1255310 |issn=0966-8136 |s2cid=152131615 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10871/24150}}</ref> These tribunals established themselves more so from the Cheka as a more moderate force that acted under the banner of revolutionary justice, rather than a utilizer of strict brute force as the former did. However, these tribunals did come with their own set of inefficiencies, such as responding to cases in a matter of months and not having a concrete definition of "[[Counter-revolutionary|counter-revolution]]" that was determined on a case-by-case basis.<ref name=":02"/> The "Decree on Revolutionary Tribunals" used by the People's Commissar of Justice, states in article 2 that "In fixing the penalty, the Revolutionary Tribunal shall be guided by the circumstances of the case and the dictates of the revolutionary conscience."<ref>{{Cite web |author=People's Commissar of Justice |title=Decree on Revolutionary Tribunals |url=https://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/events/revolution/documents/1917/12/19.htm |access-date=26 November 2018 |website=Marxists.org}}</ref> Revolutionary tribunals ultimately demonstrated that a form of justice was still prevalent in Russian society where the Russian Provisional Government failed. This, in part, triggered the political transition of the October Revolution and the Civil War that followed in its aftermath.