In the history of the Belarusian police, March 4 is a memorable date. Employees of the militia (police) on this spring day celebrate a professional holiday - the Day of the Belarusian police, whose origins date back to 1917.
history of the holiday
The office of the civil commandant of Minsk in 1917 issued an order. According to him, the Bolshevik Mikhail Aleksandrovich Mikhailov was appointed to the post of chief of the militia Zemsky All-Russian Union, which provides security in the city. Minsk ranks in accordance with the order gave Mikhailov all the weapons that they had on inventory. Under Mikhailov, Mikhail Frunze, a well-known revolutionary, joined the All-Russian Union. From March 4 to March 5 detachments of troops led by Frunze, together with workers and soldiers of the Minsk garrison, attacked the city police, disarmed the officers and seized all the management, the archive and the detective department. Revolutionaries managed to establish control over state institutions. By the afternoon of the next day, March 5, 1917, Nevel's authorities reported on the establishment of the police. During the following days, similar messages were received from Velizh, Yezerishchensky, Surazh uyezds, Dvinsk, Lepel, Vitebsk and other cities. So in Belarus the state militia was created, and Minsk became its provincial center. The newly formed sections of the workers 'and peasants' militia were instructed to guard the public order in the cities and villages and fight gangster formations. However, the repressions of the thirties also affected the affairs of the militia, without bypassing the staff. For this tragic period, about one hundred thousand militiamen suffered, and 20 thousand were deprived of life.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Belarusian militia fought against the fascists, defended the Brest Fortress, and repulsed the enemy on the railway. After the war, the police continued to protect their compatriots from criminals. Despite the shortage of food, clothing, transport, shoes and other necessities, they fought against murderers, profiteers, thieves, defended banks and warehouses.
Day of a police officer in Belarus today
Years passed, periods followed each other, but in the most dramatic and epoch-making moments for the country, people were featured in police uniforms. They had to, and today they have to take the attacks of the criminal environment. The Belarusian people will forever remember the names of outstanding militiamen who perished, fulfilling their duty to their homeland.
Today every Belarusian knows how many days in the country the Day of Militia is celebrated. On March 4 in cities, district centers and villages, policemen are honored, presenting awards and gratitude to the best representatives of the bodies. On this day the police (criminal, transport, public security, line, etc.) remember the deceased in the service of their colleagues, analyze the results
Police Day in other countries
Law enforcement defenders are also honored in other states. In Russia, the Day of Militia (Day of an employee of internal affairs bodies), for example, is celebrated annually on November 10. In 1915, according to the decree of Peter I was created police, the main task of which was the protection of law and order in society. A distinctive feature of the Russian police day (police) is a big concert, broadcast on television. In neighboring Ukraine, Militia Day falls on December 20, as the law "On the Militia" was adopted on that day in 1990. Day of the Kazakh police - June 23.