Saint Petersburg Police
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The Saint Petersburg Police, officially the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, is the state police authority of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg's Traffic Police badge
Saint Petersburg Police Ford Focus patrol car near Saint Isaac's Cathedral.
Saint Petersburg Police Chevrolet Cruze, April 2011
February Revolution
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The February Revolution, known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution, and sometimes as the March Revolution, was the first of two revolutions which took place in Rus
Saint Petersburg Police
…not Russian word: Senior Police Master), the title for the commander of the city police service. The department survived intact until 1917 during the February Revolution, when most of the Saint Petersburg Police remained loyal to the Imperial government. Several policemen were killed after the defection of the bulk of…
Protests in Petrograd, March 1917
Students and soldiers firing across the Moyka at the police
The abdication of Nicholas II on 2 March 1917 O.S. In the royal train: Minister of the Court Baron Fredericks, General N. Ruzsky, V. V. Shulgin, A. I. Guchkov, Nicholas II. (State Historical Museum)
Protesters on the Nevsky Prospekt