The Legal Status of Officers of the District Police Guard of the Russian Empire

The article is devoted to the problem of legal regulation of the activities of officers of the police guard of the Russian Empire, whose positions were introduced in 1906 as part of one of the “micro-reforms” of the county police. On the basis of a significant array of archival materials (some of which are being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time), the regulatory support for the establishment and recruitment of police officers, their awarding and promotion to ranks, social guarantees, horse stock and uniforms is being considered. Special attention is paid to the duties of managing the combat unit of the police guard. The conclusion is made about the duality of the legal status of the officers of the guard, who were considered to have been on active military service and, according to their rights and duties, were, in many respects, in equivalent conditions with representatives of a Separate corps of gendarmes.