Laiatanese Junta Trials
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The Laiatanese Junta Trials (Laiatanese: Испытания Хунты, translated as the Junta Trials) were the trials involving members of the military junta that ruled Laiatan from July 8, 1880 to November 22, 1886. These trials included other members of the coup and the junta government of various ranks, in addition to high ranking members of the military that supported the coup leaders.
The coup masterminds were arrested by partisan forces trying to flee Volkgoroda as the civil war arrived in the capital and were then turned over to the more organized National Patriotic Front. As a transitional government was established, mass arrests of junta members and supporters of varying ranks occurred. Charges of high treason, insurrection, mutiny, and conspiracy against the state were brought against the three leaders of the coup: Leonid Arzamastsev, Milorad Kosterlovovich, and Artyom Grebenshchikov. Charges of high treason and insurrection were brought against military leaders that backed the three coup leaders, including Konstantin Yevdokimov, commander of the Volkgoroda Guards. The trials occurred under heavy security at the Dyatlov Imperial Prison Facility.
The leaders of the coup: Arzamastsev, Kosterlovovich, and Grebenshchikov, were found guilty of all charges against them and sentenced to death. Yevdokimov was found guilty for the charges laid against him, and was also sentenced to death. The four were hanged in Imperial Square on July 8, 1887 with other junta members sentenced to death.
The initial trial focused on the primary leaders of the junta, with the following two trials focusing on the lower ranking members and ministers that held power. While most of the accused in these trials received more lenient sentences than the first trial, several massacres of loyalist villages were uncovered during investigations into several military commanders. With the discovery of mass graves around the villages and testimony from survivors, those responsible were hanged for their roles on May 19, 1888.
Contents
Historical background
Trial of the July 8 coup leaders
The trial
Verdict
The trial came to a close on May 4, 1887. The leaders and instigators of the coup: Arzamastsev, Kosterlovovich, Greneschikov, and Yevdokimov were sentenced to death by hanging. Four other members of the junta were sentenced to life in prison, while five others were sentenced to 15 to 30 years. Lukyan Erdeli and Daniil Yaroslavtsev, lower level officers of the Volkgoroda Guards, were found not guilty.
| Junta member | Sentence |
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| Leonid Arzamastsev | Dishonorably discharged. Death for high treason, insurrection, and mutiny. |
| Milorad Kosterlovovich | Dishonorably discharged. Death for high treason, insurrection, and mutiny. |
| Artyom Grebenshchikov | Dishonorably discharged. Death for high treason, insurrection, and mutiny. |
| Konstantin Yevdokimov | Dishonorably discharged. Death for high treason, insurrection, and mutiny. |
| Yeremy Anrep, Vitya Voskoboynikov, Erik Kartashyov, Milorad Belyakov | Dishonorably discharged. Life sentence for high treason. |
| Melania Kipriyanova, Gennady Milyukov, Viktor Sobchak | Dishonorably discharged. 30 years for insurrection and mutiny. |
| Nadia Tsitnikova, Leonid Chernyshyov | Dishonorably discharged. 15 years for mutiny. |
| Lukyan Erdeli, Daniil Yaroslavtsev | Not guilty. |
The individuals sentenced to death were hanged in Imperial Square seven years after the coup on July 8, 1887.
Corruption trials
The trials
Verdict
Massacre trials
The trials
Verdict
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