Militsiya

Militsiya
Милиция
Militsiya; Милиция
Agency overview
Formed	1917
Dissolved	1991
Superseding agency	Militsiya (Russia); Militsiya (Ukraine); Militsiya (Belarus)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Russian SFSR (1917–1922); Soviet Union (1922–1991)
Operations jurisdiction	Russian SFSR (1917–1922); Soviet Union (1922–1991)
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Moscow
Parent agency	People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (1917–1946); Ministry of Internal Affairs (1946–1991)
Child agencies	Main Directorate for Public Order Maintenance; State Automobile Inspectorate; Main Directorate for Transport; Main Directorate of Criminal Investigation; Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property; Special Police Department;

The militsiya was the police force of the Russian SFSR and Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991. The term was likewise used for police forces in several Eastern Bloc countries and in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992.

The term militsiya continues to be used in common and sometimes official usage in some of the individual post-Soviet states, such as Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as in the partially recognised or unrecognised republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria. In Russian law enforcement, the term remained in official usage until the police reform of 2011.