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...
Main Author: | Abbott, Robert J. (Robert James), 1945- (Author) |
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Corporate Author: | JSTOR (Organization) |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Budapest ; New York :
CEU Press, Central European University Press,
2022.
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Series: | Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia ;
v. 8. |
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Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |