Ministry of Interior in the Republic of

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( Russian: МВД по Республике Крым;

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: Міністерство внутрішніх справ по Республіці Крим; Crimean Tatar: Qırım içki işler nazirligi) is de facto the main police authority in

in the Southern Federal District that was established by

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after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. Crimea is recognized as part of

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by most of the international community. The current minister is Sergey Abisov (Since March 1, 2014). The Ministry's Headquarters is located in

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...

, 4 Khmelnisky B. street.

Main functions

* Ensuring of protection of the human rights and freedom; * Organization of prevention, reveal, suppression and investigation of crime, prevention and suppression of administrative delinquency * Ensuring of public order protection in Crimea * Ensuring of road safety in Crimea * Organization and control for turnover of civil and staff weapon, explosives in Crimea * Organization and control for non-governmental (private) security and detective work in Crimea * Organization of property protection of physical and juridical parties by the agreements * Management of subordinate interior bodies, subdivisions and organizations * Operation of the

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History

The first independent law enforcement body in

was formed on April 9, 1921 with the establishment of The Extraordinary Commission of Crimean Oblast (Крымская областная Чрезвычайная комиссия) by decree No. 332 of the Revolutionary Committee of Crimea. After the formation of Soviet

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, the commission was called as Crimean Militsiya (Крыммилиция) and officially began to be named as Main Republic's Militsiya. Om March 4, 1922 the Extraordinary Commission of Crimean Oblast (local

Cheka The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə), abbreviated ...

) was renamed as Crimean Political Directorate (Крымское Политуправление) with 390 officers. In 1922 all the policing bodies in Crimea became part of the

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

of Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Управление НКВД СССР по Крымской АССР). In March 1946 (as part of the governmental reforms) the NKVD was renamed to Ministry for Internal Affairs (УМВД Крымской области). In November 1962 the Ministry was renamed as Directorate for Public Order (Управление охраны общественного порядка, УООП Крыма) and shortly after it became Directorate for Internal Affairs under the Executive Committee of Crimea (Управление внутренних дел Крымоблисполкома). After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Crimean Interior Ministry re-organized in May 1994 as Crimea's Main Directorate for Internal Affairs of

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,

(ГУМВД Украины в АР Крым). In March 2014 the Main Directorate has become the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea and was re-organized as part of Russian Policing system.

Heads of Police and MinistersList of Crimean Interior Ministries

Chief of Police

* Ludwig Tsyntsar (November 1921 – January 1924) * Yan Laubets (1924) * Tishe Lordkipanidze (1935–1937) * N. Smirnov (1942)

Ministers

Notes

References

External links

Official Website
(Russian)
RoadSafety Department // Official Website
(Russian)
Old WebsiteOld Ukrainian Website
{{Regional Police of Russia Politics of Crimea