The review is dedicated to the monograph by Igor Anatolyevich Konovalov, doctor of historical sciences, professor of Omsk State University. In the monograph developed the scientific concept of the local governance of Siberia during the XVIII – early XX century. According to that concept, the military and administrative powers of the voivodship in the 18th century were transformed into administrative and police functions, established within the framework of imperial legislation and implemented by the governors with the help of an extensive and specialized police establishment. An original proposition is that the general police since its inception in the 18th century played a leading role in the local government system of Siberia, in effect realizing the functions of the local administration.

Dameshek Lev Mikhailovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Head, Department of History of Russia, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: levdameshek@gmail.com 

Dameshek Irina Lvovna, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Pedagogical Institute, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: dameshek@rambler.ru

Dameshek L.M., Dameshek I.L. The History of the Police in Asian Russia in the Latest Siberian Research. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2020, vol. 33, pp. 103-107. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2020.33.103 (in Russian)