The Central Snitch Squad at the Saint-Petersburg Security Department as the Subject of Ensuring the Security of the Head of State in the Russian Empire

Anton Matveev

doi:10.35750/2071-8284-2020-1-30-36

UDC

CSCSTI

10.09

Russian Classification of Professions by Education

40.06.01

Russian Trade and Bibliographic Classification

71 75 80

Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification

6740

VAK Russia

12.00.01

THE CENTRAL SNITCH SQUAD AT THE SAINT-PETERSBURG SECURITY DEPARTMENT AS THE SUBJECT OF ENSURING THE SECURITY OF THE HEAD OF STATE IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE The Central Snitch Squad at the Saint-Petersburg Security Department as the Subject of Ensuring the Security of the Head of State in the Russian Empire

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Published in Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Pages 30–36 · Rubric: Theory and history of law and the state; history of studies of law and state

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2020-1-30-36

Received: 28.01.2020 Accepted: 29.01.2020 Published: 08.04.2020

Authors

Anton Matveev

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Anton Matveev

the Saint-Petersburg University of the MIA of Russia Post-graduate student · the chair of theory of state and law · Russian Federation · Saint-Petersburg

Sankt-Peterburgskiy universitet MVD Rossii Russian Federation

the Saint-Petersburg University of the MIA of Russia Postgraduate · the Department of Theory of State and Law · Russian Federation · Saint-Petersburg

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ABSTRACT

The article is devoted to the organization and activities of the Central Snitch Squad at the Saint-Petersburg Security Department for ensuring the security of the head of state in the Russian Empire. The normative basis for the activities of agents of the Central Snitch Squad and the specifics of implementation of their job descriptions are described in the article. The Central Snitch Squad was a separate division of the Search and Surveillance Service of the Russian Empire, which solved the various and most complex tasks of search-and-surveillance. The Central Snitch Squad operated until the fall of the monarchy in February 1917, but the experience gained by it in fulfilling tasks of national importance continues to be used in modern Russia. At the same time, the issues of the organization and functioning of the Central Snitch Squad have not received a comprehensive analysis yet. One of the activities of the Central Snitch Squad, which has not received proper coverage in historical and legal literature, is the protection of imperial majesties in the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. Therefore, its regulation and implementation has become the subject of this article. The main and integrating method of research on the organization and activities of the Central Snitch Squad was the method of materialist dialectics. General logical (deduction, induction, analysis and synthesis), general scientific (systemic, structural-functional, typologization) and special (formal-legal, historical-legal, comparative-legal, interpretations of regulatory legal acts, sociological and statistical) methods of legal research were used. It was concluded that the protection of imperial majesties and the highest persons in the Russian Empire was one of the most important areas of activity of the gendarmerie. The simultaneous existence of three different divisions that guarded the emperor ‒ the Central Snitch Squad, the Security Unit and the Security Agency led to duplication of agents activities and inconsistent actions of the units. The Central Snitch Squad of the Saint-Petersburg Security Department has accumulated a variety of search-and-surveillance experience that can be used to solve problems of national importance in modern Russia.

KEYWORDS

Russian Empire, law enforcement system, political police (gendarmerie), security department, Saint-Petersburg Security Department, Central Snitch Squad, Snitch, search-and-surveillance, security of the head of state, protection of the emperor

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Matveev A. V. The Central Snitch Squad at the Saint-Petersburg Security Department as the Subject of Ensuring the Security of the Head of State in the Russian Empire // . 2020. pp. 30-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2020-1-30-36. (Date of access 20.08.2026).

MLA

Anton Matveev. "The Central Snitch Squad at the Saint-Petersburg Security Department as the Subject of Ensuring the Security of the Head of State in the Russian Empire." (2020): 30-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2020-1-30-36.

APA

Matveev A. V. (2020). The Central Snitch Squad at the Saint-Petersburg Security Department as the Subject of Ensuring the Security of the Head of State in the Russian Empire. , 30-36. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2020-1-30-36

Chicago

Anton Matveev. "The Central Snitch Squad at the Saint-Petersburg Security Department as the Subject of Ensuring the Security of the Head of State in the Russian Empire." , no. (2020): 30-36. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2020-1-30-36.

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