History of Political Police in Russia: V.F. Dzunkovsky and Fight against Police Provocation Practice in 1913-1915

The article is devoted to an attempt to limit secret police permissiveness before World War I. Deputy Interior Minister V.F. Dzhunkovsky carried out a number of reforms aimed at limiting provocation in the army, among students of secondary educational institutions, the State Duma deputies. He took measures to put the secret police activities under strict control of legal investigation bodies. The article analyzes these reforms' causes, course, results and estimation.

political investigation, secret police, investigation bodies, provocation