Social Portrait of the Chiefs of the Gendarmerie Department in the Irkutsk Province

Based on the analysis of biographical data, a social portrait of all the heads of the gendarmerie department in the Irkutsk province was compiled. The main sources for the study were the formularies and service records of gendarmerie officers, orders for the Gendarmerie Corps, legislative acts of the central government. The conclusion is made that by the beginning of the 20th century the status of this department in the system of the gendarmerie department and the prestige of the position of the head of this department had increased.