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Police Department of Russia

Police Department of Russia

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The Police Department of the MVD (Russian: Департамент полиции МВД России (Departament politsii MVD Rossii)) was the main police force of the Russian Empire and part of the Ministry of Police in the late 19th century, and was responsible for the management of all the police forces in the Russian Empire including Okhrana branches,[1][2][3] and was aided by the Special Corps of Gendarmes.

For the current federal police in Russia, see Police of Russia.
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History

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The Police Department was established on August 6, 1880 following the dissolution of the Third Section. The newly formed Police department was part of the MVD. From 1880 til 1883 it was called The Department of the State Police ("Департамент государственной полиции" (Departament gosudarstvennoy politsii)). Under its jurisdiction was the Okhrana, all the policing bodies, including the detective branches, and the Fire departments.

After the February Revolution the Department was dissolved by the decree of the Russian provisional government from February 27, 1917.

After the October Revolution the government has announced the establishment of the Militsiya, as the new police force.

Director

The head of the department was The Director of the Police Department, which was appointed by the Minister of the Internal Affairs.

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See also

Further reading

  • Ronald Hingley, The Russian Secret Police: Muscovite, Imperial, and Soviet Political Security Operations (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1970). ISBN 0-671-20886-1
  • R. J. Stove, The Unsleeping Eye: Secret Police and Their Victims (Encounter Books, San Francisco, 2003). ISBN 1-893554-66-X
  • Dominic Lieven (ed.), The Cambridge History of Russia, Volume II: Imperial Russia, 1689–1917, Cambridge University Press (2006), ISBN 978-0-521-81529-1.

References

  1. [1]
    Перегудова З. Политический сыск России (1880–1917 гг.)
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    Васильев А.Т.Охрана: русская секретная полиция
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    О МВД 1880 – 1905 гг.
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