On the issue of involving military units and subdivisions to assist the ZhPU on the Transbaikal Railway in suppressing anti-government protests in 1905-1907

Russian Army considers the issues of interaction between gendarme police departments and the army on the Trans-Baikal railway in 1906, related to the problem of suppressing riots caused by a number of reasons: the outbreak of the revolution of 1905-1907, the return of troops after the end of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, the discontent of the population with the deterioration of living conditions and the results of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. The purpose of the study is to identify the causes of revolutionary situations on the Trans – Baikal Railway and to demonstrate the course of events related to the suppression of uprisings. The objectives of the study are to show how issues were resolved through the issuance of decrees and the formation of detachments from army units in close cooperation with representatives of the ZHPU. The research hypothesis is the construction of assumptions about why the events of the 1905 revolutionary uprisings demonstrated the shortcomings of the organization and functioning of the state mechanism of imperial Russia and its advanced detachment, the gendarmerie. When writing the article, the author applied the following research methods: theoretical (consideration of sources, analysis of historical processes and phenomena) and practical (indication of specific examples of events). In the course of the research, the author achieved the following results: analyzed the main approaches of the Russian army, which acted on the basis of government orders, with the help of which it was possible to suppress the revolutionary riots.

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