The Police Department of the

MVD The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...

(russian: link=no, Департамент полиции МВД России ()) was the main

police force 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 ...

of the

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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

including

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 ...

branches,О МВД 1880 – 1905 гг.
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History

The Police Department was established on August 6, 1880 following the dissolution of the

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. The newly formed Police department was part of the

. From 1880 til 1883 it was called The Department of the State Police ("Департамент государственной полиции" ()). Under its jurisdiction was the

, all the policing bodies, including the detective branches, and the Fire departments. After 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 somet ...

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

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the government has announced the establishment of the

Militsiya ''Militsiya'' ( rus, милиция, , mʲɪˈlʲitsɨjə) was the name of the police forces in the Soviet Union (until 1991) and in several Eastern Bloc countries (1945–1992), as well as in the non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992). The ...

, 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.

References

{{reflist, 2 Russian Empire Law enforcement in Russia National security institutions 1880 in the Russian Empire Branches of the secret services of the Russian Empire Government agencies established in 1880 Organizations disestablished in 1917 1880 establishments in the Russian Empire 1917 disestablishments in Russia

History

Director

See also

Further reading

References