| rdfs:comment | - Wrecking (Russian: вредительство or vreditel'stvo, lit. "inflicting damage", "harming"), was a crime specified in the criminal code of the Soviet Union during Stalin's rule. While often translated as "sabotage", "wrecking", "diversionist acts", and "counter-revolutionary sabotage" were distinct sub-articles of Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) (58-7, 58-9, and 58-14 respectively). Wrecking was defined as deliberate acts aimed against normal functioning of state and cooperative organisations, e.g., giving deliberately wrong commands.
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| abstract | - Wrecking (Russian: вредительство or vreditel'stvo, lit. "inflicting damage", "harming"), was a crime specified in the criminal code of the Soviet Union during Stalin's rule. While often translated as "sabotage", "wrecking", "diversionist acts", and "counter-revolutionary sabotage" were distinct sub-articles of Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) (58-7, 58-9, and 58-14 respectively). Wrecking was defined as deliberate acts aimed against normal functioning of state and cooperative organisations, e.g., giving deliberately wrong commands. As applied in practice, "wrecking" and "sabotage" referred to any action which negatively affected the economy, including failing to meet unrealistic economic targets, allegedly causing poor morale among subordinates (e.g. by complaining about conditions of work), lack of effort, or other incompetence.
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