Police Department of Russia

For the current federal police in Russia, see Police of Russia.

Police Department of the Russian Empire
Департамент полиции Российской империи (Departament politsii Rossiyskoy imperii)
Agency overview
FormedNovember 14, 1819 (Department of the Executive Police)
August 6, 1880 (Police Department)
DissolvedFebruary 27, 1917
Jurisdiction Russian Empire
HeadquartersPetrograd
Parent agencyMinistry of the Interior of the Russian Empire
Child agency

The Police Department of the Russian Empire (Russian: Департамент полиции Российской империи) was the government agency responsible for the overall management and coordination of police forces in the Russian Empire, including the Okhrana branches and the Special Corps of Gendarmes, between 1880 and the fall of the Empire in the Russian Revolution in 1917.

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