The Militsiya of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Міліцыя Рэспублікi Беларусь, russian: Милиция Республики Беларусь) is a law enforcement agency in Belarus responsible for regular

policing The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

duties in the country.

History

The original Belarusian Militsiya was founded on 4 March 1917 during the events of the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and some ...

, when prominent

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

leader and politician

Mikhail Frunze Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (russian: Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе; ro, Mihail Frunză; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Born in the modern-day ...

was appointed temporary police chief of the local Minsk civilian

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. Just three days later, various Belarusian cities began the process of creating

police departments The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

. The provisional regulations on the police were issued on 17 April 1917, establishing the Militsiya as an executive body of state power. In Belarus, as well as in newly formed

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

as a whole, the Militsiya replaced the previous Tsarist police services such as the

Okhrana The Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order (russian: Отделение по охранению общественной безопасности и порядка), usually called Guard Department ( rus, Охранное отд ...

. On 10 November (28 October, O.S.) 1917, days after the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...

took place, the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) issued a decree on the first normative act defining the creation of the Soviet Militsiya. A single police structure was developed for the

Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia The Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia or Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus (SSRB; be, Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка Беларусь, Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika Biełaruś; russian: � ...

in 1919, which enabled on 30 November 1920 in the form of the Main Police Administration of the BSSR. In July 1934, the NKVD took up

secret police Secret police (or political police) are intelligence, security or police agencies that engage in covert operations against a government's political, religious, or social opponents and dissidents. Secret police organizations are characteristic of a ...

duties in the

Belarusian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

, with duties being transferred to the BSSR's

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in March 1946. In early February 1962, law enforcement was handled solely by Soviet Belarusian authorities instead of the national agency. On 1 March 1991, the

Supreme Soviet of Belarus The Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus, sometimes translated as Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Вярхоўны Савет Рэспублікі Беларусь), was the unicameral legislature of Belarus between 1991 an ...

enacted the Law "On the Police", which is the main legal act regulating the activities of the internal affairs bodies of an independent republic. On 17 July 2007, the

National Assembly of Belarus The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальны сход Рэспублікі Беларусь, Nacyjanalny schod Respubliki Bielaruś; russian: Национальное собрание Республики Бел ...

adopted a law effectively making the Belarusian police a fundamental and flagship agency of the MVD/MUS. 4 March is today considered the

birthday A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage. Many relig ...

of the modern Belarusian police service.https://www.mvd.gov.by/m/en/page/o-ministerstve/istoriya-belorusskoj-milicii

Structure

Its law enforcement central agency, the Militsiya, is considered to be the main policing and law enforcement agency in Belarus, consisting of services such as: * National Police Headquarters ** Criminal Police *** Central Department of Criminal Investigation *** Central Department for Combatting Economic Crimes *** Department for Drug Control and Trafficking in Human Beings Combatting ** Public Security Police *** Central Department for Law and Order Ensuring and Prevention of Crimes *** Department of State Traffic Police *** Department of Daily On-Duty Service ** Regional affiliates ***

Minsk City Police Department The Minsk City Police Department ( Belarusian: Галоўнае ўпраўленне ўнутраных спраў Мінскага Гарвыканкама; Russian: Главное управление внутренних дел Минского ...

***

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City Police Department ***

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the ori ...

City Police Department ***

Mogilev Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...

City Police Department ***

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...

City Police Department ** Educational Institutions *** The Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus *** The Mogilev Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs *** Centre for Professional Development of Executives and Specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs *** Minsk City Cadet College № 1

Police ranks

Gallery

File:Białoruski policjant (2-1958).jpg, A Soviet Belarusian policemen in their regular uniform, c 1950s. File:RevInBel7.jpg, Police officers during civil unrest on October Square. File:Belarus protest.jpg, Belarusian riot police during a Freedom Day rally in March 2017. File:Police car (Minsk, Belarus) — Міліцэйскі аўтамабіль (Мінск, Беларусь) — Милицейский автомобиль (Минск, Беларусь).jpg, A specially designed

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police car with the

in April 2019. File:A monument to militsioner in Gomel.jpg, A monument in

commemorating the centennial anniversary of the Belarusian police. File:Музэй МУС 010.jpg, A Belarusian police car in the Museum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. File:Парад в Минске 2019 07.jpg, Belarusian policewomen. File:2020 Belarusian protests — Minsk, 30 August p0024 (cropped).jpg, Rubezh special vehicle File:Predator water cannon in Minsk, Belarus.jpg,

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References

External links

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History

Structure

Police ranks

Gallery

See also

References

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