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.