The article examines the activities of local gendarme bodies of the Privislinsky Territory of the Russian Empire in the 1870–1890s. Listed are some police and political measures subsequently adopted by the executive authorities in ensuring state and public security on the western outskirts of the empire. It is noted that the activities of the local gendarmerie became an integral part of the measures of the tsarist government to ensure state and public security, carried out in conjunction with other law enforcement structures of the empire.
