On guard of the Fatherland. Criminal investigation of the Russian Empire

In the second half of the 19th century, Ivan Dmitrievich Putilin was a legend man, a thunderstorm of the criminal world. Starting the service with the lowest position, he, thanks to his hard work and natural talent, soon becomes the head of the St. Petersburg detective police. Not a single significant matter in those years was investigated without his participation or not under his leadership. He could change into the clothes of tramps or a laborer and, risking his life, went to criminal groups, recognized the ideas of thieves and robbers, visited the most criminogenic places: inns, dens.

Another, no less talented forensicist and detective, the head of the Moscow detective police, Arkady Frantsevich Koshko once noticed that the initial stage of disclosure of non -obvious crimes resembles unraveling the yarn. The most difficult thing is to find in the intricacies of the threads that you can pull in order to begin to unwind the whole ball.

He, like I. D. Putilin, was often called Russian Sherlocks Holmes. The talent in the disclosure of the most confusing crimes and remarkable organizational abilities allowed them to put an iron order in all divisions of the criminal police of the largest cities in Russia. Cowardice, indecision, and non -ordering were considered extremely unacceptable and served as the basis for dismissal from the police. This was certain internal traditions, which were transmitted from generation to generation.

High disclosure of crimes, the use of the most modern achievements of forensics, the introduction of fingerprinting, the creation of an exceptionally accurate file cabinet of criminals and other innovations made Russian detectives with European celebrities.

In 1913, the Russian Finding Police was recognized as the best in the world by the International Congress of Criminalists.

This book will be interesting to everyone who is interested in criminology, forensics, the history of Russia, the history of the development of criminal investigation. The modern edition is richly illustrated by rare illustrative materials, equipped with notes and comments, as well as a detailed named indicator, which will be interesting both professionals and just lovers of history. And the classic serial design will make this book a real decoration on your book shelf.

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Abstract
The authors of this book are the head of the detective police of St. Petersburg, Ivan Dmitrievich Putilin and the head of the Moscow detective police, the head of the criminal investigation department of the Russian Empire Arkady Frantsevich Koshko-people in every sense are outstanding: they were called only "geniuses of Russian investigation" and " Russian Sherlocks Holmes". The unique talent in the disclosure of the most confusing crimes and remarkable organizational abilities allowed them to put an iron order in all divisions of the criminal police of the largest cities in Russia. High disclosure of crimes, the use of the most modern achievements of forensics, the introduction of dactyloscopy, the creation of an exceptionally accurate file cabinet of criminals and other innovations made Russian detectives European celebrities. As a result, at the Russian International Congress of Criminalists, the Russian Finding Police was recognized as the best in the world. And for us, descendants, great happiness that Ivan Putilin and Arkady Koshko were not only brilliant detectives and brilliant organizers, but also had undoubted literary talent. The stories told by them, those who once created a powerful criminal investigation of the Russian Empire, become more valuable and instructive become more valuable and instructive