Email this article The formation of the soviet state security agencies of Turkestan (1917–1919)
- Authors: Razmakhov K.E.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow Regional Branch of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia named after V.Ya. Kikot
- Issue: Vol 18, No 7 (2025)
- Pages: 11-16
- Section: Theoretical and Historical Legal Sciences
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2072-3164/article/view/380914
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.33693/2072-3164-2025-18-7-11-16
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/XSEGRO
- ID: 380914
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Abstract
The purpose of the research. The article examines the process of formation and development of the Soviet state security agencies of Turkestan in 1917-1919. The author shows that during the period of the civil war and foreign military intervention, drastic changes in the domestic and foreign policy environment had a significant impact on the activities of state security agencies and determined their priorities. Results. As a result of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion that the transformations taking place in the structure of the state security agencies, the expansion of their powers, and the strengthening of punitive specifics were caused by objective political and social processes. In Turkestan, during the initial period of the establishment of Soviet power, it was not always possible to form a structure of state security agencies similar to the central regions of the country. Regional peculiarities and specific conditions had a significant impact on the legislative acts regulating the establishment and functioning of State security bodies of this autonomous republic.
About the authors
Konstantin E. Razmakhov
Moscow Regional Branch of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia named after V.Ya. Kikot
Author for correspondence.
Email: razmakhov@yandex.ru
SPIN-code: 8539-5707
Cand. Sci. (Hist.), Senior Lecturer at the Department of Socio-Economic and Humanitarian Disciplines
Russian Federation, RyzaReferences
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