Resumen de Unidades de propósito especial en la provincia de Simbirsk - Ulyanovsk y sus actividades durante los años del poder soviético: formación, problemas de organización y personal

Mukhamedov Rashit Alimovich, Pashkin Andrey Gennadevich, Chigrin Maxim Valerievich, Nikitin Alexandr Alexandrovich

• The article is devoted to the formation of special forces of the Simbirsk province in 1919 – 1924. special purpose units (further in the text – SPU) - these are military and party detachments, which were formed at the district committees, city committees, and provincial committees of the party on the basis of the regulatory legal act of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) dated April 17, 1919. Special forces were organized mainly to assist the Red Army, the troops of the All-russian extraordinary commission to combat counter-revolution, as well as the police in solving a whole range of significant problems: suppressing the counter-revolutionary resistance of citizens, eliminating atrocious gangs, and ensuring the safety of objects of key importance. Such aspects of the topic are examined in detail: firstly, the prerequisites for the emergence of SPU units in the Simbirsk province, secondly, the formation and features of the activities of special units, thirdly, their personnel, fourthly, interaction with party structures and fifthly, features of training in military affairs in parts purpose units. The novelty of the study is that for the first time on the basis of a large stratum introduced into scientific circulation of previously classified unpublished archive documents, a comprehensive analysis of the creation and activities of special units of the Simbirsk province was carried out, including areas that were little explored, namely, the organization and principles of the cover service SPU. The main conclusion of the study - the existence of special forces in the Simbirsk province, contributed to the preservation and strengthening of the Soviet regime.