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Board of Decency
Board of Decency
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City Administration/Police, Prisons
BOARD OF DECENCY, the main provincial (before 1871) and city police institution. It was created in 1782 in the course of the reform of police instead of the Main Police Office. Chief Policeman headed the Board of Decency and all the policemen, police officers of civil and criminal affairs as well as the Brand Major, chief police doctor and ratmans of the City administration were subordinated to him. The Board of Decency dealt with all the problems of city economy (fire safety, city sanitation, paving of streets, allotment of places for buildings etc.), and oversaw fulfilment of state and city duties. The Board was subordinated to the Senate, later - to the Governor-General. Afterwards the functions of the Board of Decency were implemented through private police officers, inspectors of blocks and lowest police ranks. Special attention was paid by the Board of Decency to measures of punishment for breaching governmental decrees and police prescriptions by the population. The Board was located at 55 Sadovaya Street, on corner of Voznesensky Avenue (the house has not survived). The Board was abolished in 1875. Reference: Высоцкий И. П. Санкт-Петербургская столичная полиция и градоначальство, 1703-1903: Крат. ист. очерк. СПб., 1903. С. 57-66. Y. N. Kruzhnov.
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Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 55
Voznesensky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Bibliographies
Высоцкий И. П. Санкт-Петербургская столичная полиция и градоначальство, 1703-1903: Крат. ист. очерк. СПб., 1903
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Senate
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Block Supervisors
BLOCK SUPERVISORS, ranks of executive police who headed police blocks in 1782–1867; they were appointed by the Board of Decency and were subordinated to private police officers
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Central Police Office
CENTRAL POLICE OFFICE, the city administration body of St. Petersburg in the 18th century. It was instituted attached to Petersburg Chief of Police General according to the decree on city police establishment issued on June 7, 1718
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Chief of the Police
CHIEF OF THE POLICE, the head of the city police. The post of the chief of the police, as an assistant officer of Chief of the Police General, established in 1766
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Periodicals (entry)
PERIODICALS, a form of mass media. Their history dates back to the early 18th century when newspapers first emerged as purely information leaflets (publishing event reports buy and sell advertisements etc.)
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Police
POLICE was created in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 18th century; it was engaged in all the spheres of city life: construction, fire safety, city finances, public institutions, concert and theatre activities, etc
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Private Police Officer
PRIVATE POLICE OFFICER, the police position introduced in 1782. Private police officers headed city units, they were subordinated to the Board of Decency and the Chief Policeman
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