Internal Troops: from past to future.(Internal Guard )

From: Military Thought | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Rogozhkin, N.Ye. | Copyright information

Armed units intended to maintain public law and order, ensure internal security and guard sensitive facilities were always a highly important attribute of state power. The Russian Empire's protective organizations were the following: Police, Independent Gendarme Corps, Independent Internal Guard Corps, and Escort Guard. Army units were often used to perform law enforcement functions too. The present-day Internal Troops of the Russian Federation (IT) are the offspring of the Interna...

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