Back أوخرانا Arabic Okhrana BCL Ахоўнае аддзяленне Byelorussian Ахоўнае аддзяленьне BE-X-OLD Охранка Bulgarian Ochranka Czech Ochrana German Οχράνα Greek Oĥrano Esperanto Ojrana Spanish
| Охрана Охранное отделение Отделение по охранению общественной безопасности и порядка | |
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 Okhrana group photograph in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire in 1905 | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1881[1] |
| Dissolved | 1917 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction |  Russian Empire |
| Headquarters | Petrograd |
The Department for the Protection of Public Safety and Order (Russian: Отделение по охранению общественной безопасности и порядка), usually called the Guard Department (Russian: Охранное отделение) and commonly abbreviated in modern English sources as the Okhrana (Russian: Охрана, IPA: [ɐˈxranə] ⓘ, lit. 'the guard') was a secret police force of the Russian Empire and part of the police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) in the late 19th century and early 20th century, aided by the Special Corps of Gendarmes.
- ^ Corrin, Chris; Feihn, Terry (31 July 2015). AQA A-level History Tsarist and Communist Russia: 1855–1964. Hachette UK; Hodder Education; Dynamic Learning. p. 44. ISBN 9781471837807. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
In 1881 a new secret police – the Okhrana – was established.
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