LEADER 03644nam 22006493 450 001 996487164403316 005 20231110231919.0 010 $a963-386-576-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9789633865767 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6978221 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6978221 035 $a(CKB)24279822200041 035 $a(DE-B1597)633573 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633865767 035 $a(OCoLC)1323328215 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100050 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90648 035 $a(ScCtBLL)884c0bc0-6418-4120-b714-97c785907e46 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924279822200041 100 $a20220727d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPolicemen of the Tsar $eLocal Police in an Age of Upheaval 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cCentral European University Press$d2022 210 1$aBudapest :$cCentral European University Press,$d2022. 210 4$d©2022. 215 $a1 online resource (235 pages) 225 1 $aHistorical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia 311 08$aPrint version: Abbott, Robert J. Policemen of the Tsar Budapest : Central European University Press,c2022 9789633865750 327 $aThe local police at mid-century -- The rural police -- Metropolitan and municipal police -- From stalemate to forced resolution -- A police balance sheet -- Consequences and implications. 330 $a"Founded by Peter the Great in 1718, Russia's police were key instruments of tsarist power. In the reign of Alexander II (1855-1881), local police forces took on new importance. The liberation of 23 million serfs from landlord control, growing fear of crime, and the terrorist violence of the closing years challenged law enforcement with new tasks that made worse what was already a staggering burden. ("I am obliged to inform Your Imperial Highness that the police often fail to carry out their assignments and, when they do execute them, they do so poorly because of their moral corruption...") This book describes the regime's decades-long struggle to reform and strengthen the police. The author reviews the local police's role and performance in the mid-nineteenth century and the implications of the largely unsuccessful effort to transform them. From a longer-term perspective, the study considers how the police's systemic weaknesses undermined tsarist rule, impeded a range of liberalizing reforms, perpetuated reliance on the military to maintain law and order, and gave rise to vigilante justice. While its primary focus is on European Russia, the analysis also covers much of the imperial periphery, discussing the police systems in the Baltic Provinces, Congress Poland, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Siberia"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aHistorical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia 606 $aPolice$zRussia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aHISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union$2bisacsh 607 $aRussia$2fast 607 $aRussia$xHistory$y1801-1917 610 $aEmancipation. 610 $aGreat Reforms. 610 $acourts. 610 $arevolution. 610 $azemstvos. 615 0$aPolice$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. 676 $a363.2094709/034 686 $aHIS032000$2bisacsh 700 $aAbbott$b Robert J$01252064 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996487164403316 996 $aPolicemen of the Tsar$92902749 997 $aUNISA