NKVD of the Far East in protecting public order (1941—1945)
Aleksandr V. Zhadan, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Lecturer
Vladivostok branch of the Far Eastern law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia, awzhadan252@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0756-4875
Abstract
The article, based on materials extracted from four central and regional archives, analyzes the historical experience of the NKVD of the Far East in the field of public order during the military events of 1941—1945. The conducted research has shown that the basis of the forces that ensured order in public places and at transport facilities were employees of militia combatant units, district commissioners, members of law enforcement-oriented public associations. The negative impact on the effectiveness of ensuring public order was caused by the circumstances of wartime, the lack of police officers, material and technical support. During the period under review, the leadership of the Far Eastern NKVD bodies took a set of organizational, educational, control, disciplinary and other measures aimed at improving the effectiveness of public order protection, which made it possible to generally ensure the solution of this task.
Keywords
The Far East, NKVD bodies, World War II, protection of public order, police, interaction with the public.
For citation:
Zhadan A. V. NKVD of the Far East in protecting public order (1941—1945). Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2023, no. 4 (48), pp. 101—116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2023.48.7.
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