Border service of Russia after the 1917 October revolution and the establishment of border forces of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The situation on the Russia’s border after the 1917 October revolution made it necessary to start seeking new approaches to the problem of state border protection. The lack of enough practical experience in the work of commissars’ staff and inability of old specialists to organize activity under the new conditions made the Soviet administration accelerate establishing and maintaining Border Guard of the Russian Federation based on new principles, that helped to fight confusion, chaos and lawlessness, and at the same time to provide order in the border areas of the republic.