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Soviet militsiya officer's cap cockade (service/parade version).. The name militsiya as applied to police forces originates from a Russian Provisional Government decree dated April 17, 1917, and from early Soviet history: both the Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks intended to associate their new law-enforcement authority with the self-organisation of the people and to distinguish it ...
Dragoon (left) and a police officer. 1718. Postage stamp Russia 2013. The police force in Saint Petersburg was established as the Main Police in 1715 by decree of Peter the Great. Initially, the staff of the Saint Petersburg police consisted of the deputy general police chief, 4 officers, and 36 lower ranks.
In the Russian Federation, law enforcement is the responsibility of a variety of different agencies. The Russian police (formerly the militsiya) are the primary law enforcement agency, with the Investigative Committee of Russia as the main investigative agency, and the Federal Security Service (FSB) as the main domestic security agency.
The Federal Tax Police of Russia was established on the basis of the Fifth Chief Directorate of the KGB [citation needed] who was responsible for censorship and internal security against artistic, political, and religious dissension; renamed "Directorate Z" (protecting the Constitutional order) in 1989. In 1991, after the KGB was disestablished ...
Also: Russia: People: By occupation: Police officers. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. C. Russian police chiefs (2 C, 4 ...
Pages in category "1989 in Russia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The first municipal police in Moscow was established on January 19, 1722, during the reign of Peter I. On October 28, 1917, by the direction of People's Commissars, was issued a decree On the workers as the new Soviet police. The workers' militia was renamed to the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies militia.
A parliamentary commission on investigation of the events of April 9, 1989, in Tbilisi was launched by Anatoly Sobchak, a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of Soviet Union. After full investigation and inquiries, the commission confirmed the government's claim that the deaths had resulted from trampling, but another contributing ...