Provincial Gendarme Administration

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PROVINCIAL GENDARME ADMINISTRATION of St. Petersburg, the local organ of gendarmerie. It was formed in 1867, after the abolishment of gendarme districts. The administration was located at 8/15 Ochakovskaya Street. The Provincial Gendarme Administration of St. Petersburg did what was referred to as “watching over minds", secretly controlling the organs of state administration, supervising political prisons and convoying of prisoners. Provincial Gendarme Administration of St. Petersburg was headed by the Headquarters (its director, in the rank of General was directly subordinated to the Head of Headquarters of the Department Gendarme Corps. Personnel of St. Petersburg Gendarme Battalion (quartered at 15/45 Kirochnaya Street) participated in suppression of students' unrests, large-scale upheavals, dispersals of rallies and strikes. In 1871 staff of Provincial Gendarme Administration of St. Petersburg received the right to participate in reviewing political cases together with the Office of Public Prosecutor. With the help of a network of secret agents the Provincial Gendarme Administration of St. Petersburg helped political search measures. The office was abolished in April 1917, (the staff of Provincial Gendarme Administration of St. Petersburg was arrested by an order of the Provisional Government).

Y. N. Kruzhnov. Kirochnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 15/45
Ochakovskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 8/15
Февральская революция: Сб. док. и материалов. М., 1996 Provisional Government of 1917