A lokacin tsarism, an kashe mutane da yawa a Rasha, bisa ga ma'auni na takamaiman laifinsu, wanda aka nuna a cikin Code of Criminal Punishment. Kun kashe - kuma idan aka kama ku kuma aka yanke muku hukunci, za a kashe ku bisa ga takardar doka. Kuma za su lissafta daidai adadin nawa ne za a kashe hukuncin kisa. Haka kuma, akwai nau'ikan hukuncin kisa daban-daban. Bayan tashin Decembrist kuma har zuwa 1917, nau'ikan kisa guda biyu ne kawai aka yi amfani da su - kisa da rataya.
Bayan juyin juya halin Oktoba na shekarar 1917, Majalisar Tarayyar Soviet ta II ta soke hukuncin kisa a kasar. Amma tuni a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, 1918, Majalisar Wakilan Jama'ar RSFSR ta amince da wata doka "Ƙasar uban gurguzu tana cikin haɗari!", wanda ya ba da damar yiwuwar kisa a nan take. A farkon rabin na 1918, 22 mutane da aka harbe, da kuma a ranar 5 ga Satumba na wannan shekarar, majalisar wakilan jama'ar RSFSR soma wani ƙuduri "A kan Red Terror", wanda ya bayyana cewa duk mutanen da hannu a cikin ayyukan da Kungiyoyin White Guard, da ke da hannu cikin makirci da tawaye, za a harbe su.
A cikin watan Yunin 1919, Cheka ya sami 'yancin aiwatar da hukuncin kisa ga mutane da laifin cin amanar kasa, leken asiri, 'yan leƙen asiri, na ƙungiyoyi masu adawa da juyin juya hali, da shiga cikin wani makirci, ɓoye makaman soja, takardun banki na jabu, da dai sauransu.
A doka, an kayyade hukuncin kisa ne kawai a cikin Ka'idodin Jagora kan Dokar Laifuka na RSFSR na 1919. Tuni a cikin 1920, fiye da mutane 6500 aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa.
Takaddar da hukuncin kisa a cikin Tarayyar Soviet ya kasance yana aiki tun 1947, lokacin da aka ba da Dokar Presidium na Rundunar Sojan Tarayyar Soviet a ranar 26 ga Mayu, 1947 "A kan soke hukuncin kisa". Dalilan hakan ko kaɗan ba na ɗan adam ba ne. An kawo karshen yakin, miliyoyin mutane sun mutu, kasar ta gaji ta zahiri da ta jiki. Ana buƙatar maye gurbin waɗanda suka karye.
Duk da haka, a ranar 12 ga Janairu, 1950, an sake dawo da shi ta hanyar Dokar Presidium na Rundunar Sojan Tarayyar Soviet "A kan aikace-aikacen hukuncin kisa ga masu cin amana ga Motherland, 'yan leƙen asiri, masu cin zarafi" "bisa ga buƙatar ma'aikata". ba da doka sakamako mai tasiri ga kisa na 'yan jam'iyyar "Leningrad".
Tsakanin 1960 da 1988, game da 24 dubu mutane aka harbe a cikin Tarayyar Soviet. Yawancinsu miyagu ne, wasu ƴan leƙen asiri ne kuma masu cin amanar Ƙasar Uwa. Lokaci na ƙarshe da aka yi amfani da hukuncin kisa a Rasha shine a 1996.
A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2010, dakatarwar da Yeltsin ya kafa kan hukuncin kisa a ƙasar ya ƙare, amma a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba, 2009, Kotun Tsarin Mulki ta Tarayyar Rasha ta yanke shawarar cewa babu wata kotu a Rasha da za ta iya yanke hukuncin kisa.