FORMATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF MILITIA BODIES IN NORTHERN TAJIKISTAN

The article dwells on a historico-legal analysis of such issues as formation and development of militia activities in Northern Tajikistan, creation of the commissariate of internal affairs in this zone. It is underscored that the history of militia bodies formation in Khujand, its environs and other areas of Northern Tajikistan is directly connected with the victory of the October Revolution.  It is emphasized that in the early years of the Soviet power Asht rayon (administrative-territorial unit of the USSR) was administratively included to Namangon uyezd (the smallest administrative territorial unit remined from the Russian empire and cancelled by the Soviet power later on) of Ferghana oblast of Turkestan Autonomous Republic (dismanthed during subsequent periods); thereby,militia bodies of the area in question were created being appertained to Namangan uyezd. In the same mode there were formed militia bodies in Konibodom and Isfara rayons; the latters being included earlier into Kokand uyezd which appertained to Ferghana oblast. Designing on the premise of archival data, the author of the article elicited the logistic base and ammunition of militia detachments.Thus, it is mentioned that the militia of Khodzhent uyezd had 16 types of arms at its disposal including fifth rank guns, Berdan riffles, foreign weapons (English, French, American, Austrian, Turkish). The contribution of militia bodies into the fight against basmaches is also highlighted.  It is stressed that the historical experience accumulated in the process of the formation of the militia of workers and peasants is of great practical and moral importance, it may be used for improvement of the activities implemented by law enforcement bodies.