Interaction of the departments and bodies of the Russian Empire in the fight against espionage in the Priamursk general governorship before the Russian-Japanese war of 1904 – 1905: features and problems

Abstract

Activity of the foreign intelligence structures against the Russian Empire at the end of the XIX century demanded taking measures. The mechanism of interaction of the bodies and departments of the Russian Empire was developed for the fight against espionage. The author of the article projects this order of interaction of the bodies and departments of the Russian Empire in the fight against espionage on the situation which developed at the end of the XIX century in the Priamursk general governorship and carries out the comparative analysis in particular of the acting order of interaction of the bodies and institutions in the western part of the Russian Empire with the organization and order of its application in the Far East. On the basis of it the author of this article determines the problems of organization of the creation of mechanism of interaction of the Russian bodies and departments in the Far East in the fight against espionage in the Priamursk general governorship and marks out distinctive features of its organization in this region prior to the Russian-Japanese war of 1904 – 1905.