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Viktoriya K. Groshevaya
Donetsk Academy of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the People’s Republic of Donetsk
The activities of the Donbass criminal staff employees to combat crime on railway transport in the 1940s
Groshevaya V.K. The activities of the Donbass criminal staff employees to combat crime on railway transport in the 1940s // Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2020, vol. 26, № 3, pp. 213–220 (In Russ.). DOI https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2020-26-3-213–220
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2020-26-3-213-220
УДК: 343.2
Publish date: 2020-04-25
Annotation: The article is devoted to the features of activity of criminal investigators of the Donbass for railway crime control in the 1940s. In the first years of the Soviet power there were no dramatic changes in railway crime development. However, in the years before World War II criminal activity in railway transport intensified significantly. Operational employees of the railway militia became to be responsible for the results of the fight against specific types of crimes, mainly against the most dangerous of them. In turn this required them to study in more depth the nature and dynamics of crime, as well as improve preventive and operational-search activities. Wherein special attention was paid to improving the quality of the intelligence work of the transport police and the timely removal of the criminal element penetrating the transport. Significant efforts were made in organising a system of counteraction to banditry, reflecting various aspects of the fight against organised crime. During the World War II in the Donbass territory the main task facing employees of the internal affairs bodies in transport was to combat sabotage and attacks on trains and also other crimes related to inventory theft offences. At the same time, the tactics of the operational units of the criminal investigation department of the transport militia were formed and laid.
Keywords: Donbass, crime, criminal investigation, railway transport, banditry, operational activities, militia
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Author's info: Viktoriya K. Groshevaya, Candidate of Jural Sciences, Associate Professor, Vice Rector for Research and International Relations of Donetsk Academy of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the People’s Republic of Donetsk Е-mail: vik-groshevaya@mail.ru