Okhrana

This article is about the secret police of the Russian Empire. For the pro-Bulgarian militias in German-occupied Northern Greece during World War II, see Ohrana. For the security company of the National Guard of Russia, see Federal State Unitary Enterprise Guard (Russia).

Okhrana
Guard Department
Department for the Protection of Public Safety and Order
Охрана
Охранное отделение
Отделение по охранению общественной безопасности и порядка
Emblem of the Ministry of the Interior

Okhrana group photograph in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire in 1905
Agency overview
Formed1881 (1881)
Dissolved1917 (1917)
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Russian Empire
HeadquartersPetrograd

The Department for the Protection of Public Safety and Order, usually called the Guard Department and commonly abbreviated in modern English sources as the Okhrana, was a secret police force of the Russian Empire and part of the Imperial police department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) in the late 19th century and early 20th century, aided by the Special Corps of Gendarmes.


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