Policemen of the tsar : local police in an age of upheaval /
"Founded by Peter the Great in 1718, Russia's police were key instruments of tsarist power. In the reign of Alexander II (1855-1881), local police forces took on new importance. The liberation of 23 million serfs from landlord control, growing fear of crime, and the terrorist violence of t...
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Budapest ; New York :
CEU Press, Central European University Press,
2022.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia ;
v. 8. |