Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1994-2540 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1956 (Online)


Саратовская губерния

The bodies of the political police of the Saratov province in the late 19th – early 20th centuries: Institutional changes, areas of work and specifi cs of inter-provincial cooperation

Introduction. The relevance of the chosen research topic is of lasting importance, since the place, role and importance of the political police is always of paramount importance in order to ensure the security of the state and its power structures. Theoretical analysis. During the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, the gendarmerie bodies underwent gradual reform and serious intradepartmental and interregional reorganization.

Legal regulation and organization of the activities of penitentiary institutions of the Saratov province in the late XIX – early XX centuries in the context of the implementation of the prison reform of 1879

Introduction. In modern conditions, several promising directions in the study of the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation are being actualized. In the context of these scientific developments, the research into the historical and legal aspects of the legislative policy of late Imperial Russia to improve the organizational structure, management bodies and functioning of institutions of the penal system has become particularly relevant. Theoretical analysis.