Historical experience of attracting citizens to participate in the protection of public order during the formation of Soviet power
This article is an analysis of how the participation of Russian citizens in ensuring security and public order was born after the revolutionary events of October 1917. The first organizational foundations for the emergence of forms of citizens' participation in law enforcement, as a society for assisting the police and criminal investigation bodies, a team of assistance workers 'and peasants' militia and people's squads.