This article is about the secret police of the Russian Empire. For the Slavophone militias in German occupied Macedonia 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
Okhrana group photograph in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire in 1905
Agency overview
Formed
1881; 143 years ago (1881)[1]
Dissolved
1917; 107 years ago (1917)
Superseding agency
PVRK
Jurisdiction
Russian Empire
Headquarters
Petrograd
The Department for the Protection of Public Safety and Order (Russian: Отделение по охранению общественной безопасности и порядка), usually called the Guard Department (Russian: Охранное отделение) and commonly abbreviated in modern English sources as the Okhrana (Russian: Охрана, IPA:[ɐˈxranə]ⓘ, lit. 'the guard') was a secret police force of the Russian Empire and part of the police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) in the late 19th century and early 20th century, aided by the Special Corps of Gendarmes.
^Corrin, Chris; Feihn, Terry (31 July 2015). AQA A-level History Tsarist and Communist Russia: 1855–1964. Hachette UK; Hodder Education; Dynamic Learning. p. 44. ISBN 9781471837807. Retrieved 8 November 2015. In 1881 a new secret police – the Okhrana – was established.
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