Historical gallery of the leading staff of the MIA of Russia: police general Anton Manuilovich Devier

The article presents some of the most significant milestones in the professional activity of the first head of the national police department, Anton Devier. Revealing the area of professional activity of the specified official and statesman of Russia, the authors focus on the analysis of the departmental special Instruction, consisting of 13 points, and also put forward their hypothesis about the reasons for the career «growth» and the subsequent «fall» of the noted state official.