People's Court (Soviet Union)

A people's court in the late Soviet Union was a court of first instance which handled the majority of civil and criminal offenses, as well as certain administrative law offenses. The people's court handled cases by a collegium consisting of a people's judge and two people's assessors (Russian: народный судья, народные заседатели)[1]Рядом с судьями посадят авторитетных граждан.