THE ROLE OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION IN COLONIAL CONTROL IN FERGANA OBLAST (LATE NINETEENTH – EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES)

The study examines the formation and development of police institutions within the administrative governance system introduced by the Russian Empire in the Turkestan region, particularly in the territory of the Fergana region, based on archival documents, normative-legal sources, and historical literature. It also analyzes the powers of police administrative bodies within the structure of the Turkestan Governor-Generalship and reveals the fundamental nature of the mechanisms established to exercise control over the local population.