Okhrana

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The Okhrana was the secret police force of the late Russian Empire, notorious for surveilling, infiltrating, and suppressing revolutionary and opposition movements.

All labels observed (11)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
secret police organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order ⓘ
Tsarist secret police ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
areaOfOperations Europe ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian émigré communities abroad ⓘ
characterizedBy clandestine operations ⓘ
extensive surveillance network ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
use of double agents ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause February Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
dissolved 1917 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
ideologicalOpponents anarchist organizations in the Russian Empire ⓘ
liberal opposition groups in the Russian Empire ⓘ
revolutionary movements in the Russian Empire ⓘ
socialist organizations in the Russian Empire ⓘ
inception 1881 ⓘ
jurisdiction Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Empire ⓘ
legacy model for later secret police organizations in Russia ⓘ
precursor to the Cheka ⓘ
loyalty Tsar of Russia ⓘ
autocracy in the Russian Empire ⓘ
nativeName Охранное отделение ⓘ
notableAgent Father Georgy Gapon ⓘ
linked to: Georgy Gapon

Roman Malinovsky ⓘ
Yevno Azef ⓘ
notableDirector Alexei Lopukhin ⓘ
Pyotr Rachkovsky ⓘ
Sergei Zubatov ⓘ
Stepan Beletsky ⓘ
notableEvent role in repression preceding the 1905 Russian Revolution ⓘ
role in suppression of 1905–1907 revolutionary activities ⓘ
notableOffice Moscow Okhrana ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana

Paris Okhrana ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana

Saint Petersburg Okhrana ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
notableOperation infiltration of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ⓘ
infiltration of the Socialist Revolutionary Party ⓘ
monitoring of Lenin and Bolshevik émigrés ⓘ
operatedIn Russian Empire ⓘ
parentOrganization Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Empire ⓘ
politicalAlignment monarchist ⓘ
primaryFunction infiltration of revolutionary groups ⓘ
political policing ⓘ
suppression of dissent ⓘ
surveillance of opposition ⓘ
shortName Okhrana ⓘ
usedMethod arbitrary arrest ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
infiltration ⓘ
interrogation ⓘ
mail interception ⓘ
provocation ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
surveillance of émigré communities ⓘ
use of informants ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → bannedBy → Russian Empire authorities ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Narodnaya Volya → repressedBy → Okhrana ⓘ
Okhrana → shortName → Okhrana ⓘ
Okhrana → alsoKnownAs → Tsarist secret police ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Okhrana → notableOffice → Paris Okhrana ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Okhrana → notableOffice → Moscow Okhrana ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Okhrana → notableOffice → Saint Petersburg Okhrana ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Petrashevsky Circle → persecutedBy → Russian secret police ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Saint Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies → repressedBy → Imperial Russian police ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
VChK → precededBy → Tsarist Okhrana ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order → category → Secret police of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Yevno Azef → employedBy → Okhrana ⓘ
Stepan Beletsky → partOf → Okhrana ⓘ
Third Section → replacedBy → Okhrana ⓘ
Roman Malinovsky → employedBy → Okhrana ⓘ
Roman Malinovsky → employedBy → Tsarist secret police ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Roman Malinovsky → reportedTo → Okhrana leadership ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Philomaths → opposedBy → Tsarist secret police ⓘ
linked to: Okhrana
Pyotr Rachkovsky → employer → Okhrana ⓘ
Sergei Zubatov → employer → Okhrana ⓘ
Alexei Lopukhin → partOf → Okhrana ⓘ