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MVD (Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del). Ministerstvo

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St. Petersburg: Ministerstva Vnuterennikh Del, 1901. 232 pp. Folio (315 x 310 mm). Title with double medallion vignette, numerous portrait plates (6 on india paper mounted, the others with tinted backgrounds), numerous Illustrations. Original light brown cloth, upper cover blocked in dark brown, red-stained edges. Condition: some old damp damage to upper edge of covers, some light soiling. an ambitious history of the notorious mdv. Aleksandr I created the MVD in 1802 to oversee everything from the police force and the Internal Guards to the state postal system and the clergy. Eventually other agencies took over many of these responsibilities. Nevertheless the MVD became one of the most powerful governmental bodies of the Russian Empire and one of the most feared through its secret police. It continued to operate under a variety of names under the Soviets and was revived in 1990.

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