Soviet Union: First draft of Article 58 of the Criminal Code. It authorizes the arrest of anyone who dissents, or even tolerates dissent. The monstrous consequences (the Stalinist Purges) would only become apparent several years later, with the floods to the gulags of 1929, 1930, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, and 1949, to name a few. Article 58 consists of 14 paragraphs, which can be interpreted to imprison virtually any Soviet citizen, including Stalin himself.
