THE DISTRICT POLICE OF THE BELARUSIAN PROVINCES IN 1905 (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE OSHMYANY DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT)
The district police departments of the Belarusian provinces turned out to be unprepared for mass protests both in district cities and in rural areas. A feature of these protests was the violence against police officers used by rioters. As a result, the small number of police became the reason for the involvement of the military units of the Russian army in the protection of order. Under the conditions of 1905, the general police did not have the opportunity to widely use legal coercion, and used weapons to a limited extent.