Soviet Militsiya

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The Soviet Militsiya was the state police force of the Soviet Union, responsible for maintaining public order, investigating crimes, and enforcing government authority across the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency
police force
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
dissolved 1991
employerOf militsioner
hasDuty administrative offense proceedings
anti-alcohol campaign enforcement
border and passport control support
crime investigation
detention of suspects
enforcing residence registration rules
enforcing state security regulations
execution of court orders
firearms licensing enforcement
juvenile crime prevention
maintaining public order
political policing at local level
property protection
public event security
traffic control
hasPart criminal investigation units
detention facilities
economic crime units
forensic divisions
juvenile affairs units
operational-search units
passport and visa service
patrol service
traffic police
hasTrainingInstitution higher schools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
militsiya academies
headquartersLocation Moscow
ideology Marxism–Leninism
inception 1917
legalBasis USSR Law on the Militsiya
decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
nativeName Soviet Militsiya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Советская милиция
officialLanguage Russian
operatedIn Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
surface form: Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic

Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

all union republics of the USSR
operatingLanguage Russian
languages of Soviet republics
parentOrganization Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
partOf Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
replacedBy Police of Russia
national police forces of post-Soviet states
significantEvent reforms during perestroika
reorganization after Stalin era
transition to post-Soviet police structures
subordinateTo Communist Party leadership
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR
symbol USSR state emblem on badges
red star emblem
typeOfJurisdiction national
uses baton
militsioner uniform
police vehicles
radio communication equipment
service pistol

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People's Militia similarTo Soviet Militsiya
Criminal Code of the RSFSR appliedBy Soviet Militsiya
this entity surface form: Soviet law enforcement agencies
1993 Russian constitutional crisis involves Soviet Militsiya
this entity surface form: Moscow police
VV MVD SSSR distinctFrom Soviet Militsiya
this entity surface form: militsiya
Soviet Militsiya nativeName Soviet Militsiya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Советская милиция