Educational training of militiamen of the Central Chernozem region in the early 1920s

Importance. The emergence and development of the system of professional police education in Soviet Russia in the first years after the October Revolution is considered. The relevance of the research lies in the possibility of using some approaches to the organization of the educational process for modern educational programs.Materials and Methods. The system analysis’ methods, the principles of historicism and scientific objectivity, the use by the authors of the entire array of identified historical sources directly related to the object of research are used. Archival materials are stored in the State Archive of the Russian Federation, the State Archive of the Tambov Region, the State Archive of Socio-Political History of the Tambov Region, the State Archive of the Voronezh Region are used.Results and Discussions. The militia bodies of the early 1920s, first of all, had to contribute to the strengthening of the Soviet apparatus. In this regard, the personnel policy in the militia was also being built. However, workers and peasants did not have proper legal and general education training, which required significant efforts by the state to develop a network of specialized educational organizations (schools, courses) for political and practical training of policemen. According to the authors, significant positive experience in this area has been accumulated in the Central Chernozem region – especially in the Tambov province.Conclusion. Conclusions are formulated about the significant potential of departmental education in the first half of the 1920s, the full implementation of which was hampered by the low capacity of schools and a significant bias towards militarization of training.

militia, criminal investigation, Central Chernozem region, NEP, history of internal affairs bodies, educational organizations