Gendarmes and Revolutionaries. Secret Techniques of Political Investigation. Recruitment and Sending of Agents. Counteraction Against Terrorists and State Criminals. The Best Operations of the Special Corps of Gendarmes

Pavel Pavlovich Zavarzin – a Russian gendarmerie officer, major general of the Separate Corps of Gendarmes. He held the positions of head of investigative departments in Chișinău, Gomel, Odesa, Rostov-on-Don, Warsaw, Moscow, and other places. Based on his colossal experience, Zavarzin introduces the reader to the theory and techniques of investigation, explains the meaning, tasks, and ways of action of investigative bodies before the revolution, noting their differences from the activities of the CHEKA. He reveals the specifics of border and customs services, protection of high-ranking officials, mentioning cooperation with military intelligence.

He describes the last days of Alexander III, the ascension to the throne of Nicholas II, and recalls his meetings with Generals Ruzsky, Sukhomlinov, Minister Plehve, and others.

Reflecting on the past, the author is astonished by how sluggishly the Russian authorities reacted to the constant killings over many years, first committed by the Narodnaya Volya and then by socialist revolutionaries, believing that such an attitude contributed to the spread of terrorism in the country.