Samara provincial gendarmerie department in the counter-revolutionary struggle in 1905-1917

The article is devoted to the counter-revolutionary struggle of the Samara provincial gendarmerie corps in the period of 1905-1917. The authors identify the main stages of the counter-revolutionary struggle, analyze the reasons for the failures of the Samara gendarmerie at the early stages of the First Russian Revolution, and examine the activities and problems of the Samara gendarmerie in the counter-revolutionary struggle during the World War I.