Omsk Oblast Police

54°59′20″N 73°22′02″E / 54.988966°N 73.367298°E / 54.988966; 73.367298

Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Omsk Oblast
Управление МВД России по Омской области
Common nameOmsk Oblast Police
Motto“Serving Russia, Serving the Law!”
Agency overview
Formed1918
Employees8,000 (2025)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionOmsk Oblast, Russia
Governing bodyMinistry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersOmsk
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Units
List
  • Criminal Investigative Department
  • Federal Migratory Service
  • Traffic Police
  • OMON
  • Special Force
Website
Official Site

The Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast (Russian: Управление МВД России по Омской области, romanized: Upravleniye MVD Rossii po Omskoy oblasti) is a territorial body of executive power that performs functions to implement state policy in the field of internal affairs in the Omsk Oblast.

The main tasks of the directorate are to ensure Public Safety, protect the Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen, combat Crime, maintain Public Order, and control migration processes.[3]

The head of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is appointed and dismissed by the President of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Since 2024, the directorate has been headed by Police Major General Vadim Vladimirovich Bolotov.[4]

The legal address is: Russia, 644099, Omsk, Lenin Street, 2.[5]

The structure of the directorate includes operational, investigative, inquiry, patrol, and specialized units, as well as departments for migration issues, information technology, public order protection, drug enforcement, economic and cybercrime.[6][7]

History

The first police functions in the territory of the modern Omsk Oblast were performed by the forces of the Siberian Cossacks and the Omsk Fortress Administration, established by Peter I in 1716.[8] The formal establishment of the regional police system is associated with the creation of the Omsk Governorate in 1822 according to M. M. Speransky's "Institution for the Administration of Governorates."[9]

Key Milestones:

Modern Period:

  • 2011 – Transition to a federal police model as part of the Russian police reform.[14]
  • 2023 – Implementation of the "Safe City" system, integrating over 1700 video cameras and 225 stationary complexes for photo and video recording of traffic violations.[15]

Leaders

Omsk People's Militsiya

PeriodFull NamePositionSource
December 1917 – May 1918Pyotr Sergeyevich UspenskyFirst Commissioner of the Militsiya of Omsk (Chief of the Militsiya)[16]
1919–1920Yefim Davidovich SpianHead of the Militsiya of the city of Omsk[17]
1918–1920Pyotr Yakovlevich PetrukhoOrganizer of the Militsiya of the Omsk Oblast (Service in the Cheka/Militsiya)[18]
1919Artem Kuzmich Strizhak-VasilenkoHead of the Militsiya of Omsk (Executed)[19]

UNKVD for the Omsk Oblast

PeriodFull NamePositionRankSource
December 17, 1934 – July 23, 1937Eduard Petrovich SalynHead of the NKVD for the Omsk OblastSenior Major of State Security from 1935[20]
July 23 - August 19, 1937Grigory Fedorovich GorbachHead of the NKVD for the Omsk OblastMajor of State Security[20]
August 19, 1937 - April 27, 1938Konstantin Nikolaevich ValukhinHead of the NKVD for the Omsk OblastCaptain of State Security[20]
May 22, 1938 - January 25, 1939Zotik Andreevich VolokhovHead of the NKVD for the Omsk Oblast (arrested)Captain of State Security[20]
January 28, 1939 – February 26, 1941Mikhail Yegorovich ZakharovHead of the NKVD for the Omsk OblastCaptain of State Security[20]
1939-1946Vasily Ivanovich GalkinHead of the NKVD for the Omsk OblastMilitsiya Commissioner[21]

UVD for the Omsk Oblast

PeriodFull NamePositionRankSource
August 6, 1946 – December 20, 1950Fedor Ignatievich PetrovHead of the UVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Colonel[20]
August 6, 1946 – December 20, 1950Fedor Ignatievich PetrovHead of the UVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Colonel[20]
January 17, 1951 – March 16, 1953Georgy Grigoryevich ChukreevHead of the UVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Lieutenant Colonel[20]
March 16, 1953 – March 27, 1954Semyon Fedorovich GorbunovHead of the UVD for the Omsk OblastKGB Colonel[20]
1954 – 1964Nikolai Ivanovich ManukovskyHead of the UVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Colonel[20]
June 1964 – August 1970Alexander SmirnovHead of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast Executive CommitteePolice Major General[20]
August 1970 – March 1984Ivan AlekseevHead of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast Executive CommitteePolice Major General[22]
March 1984 – 1991Vladimir ObraztsovHead of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast Executive CommitteePolice Major General[23]
1991 – 1994Viktor LotkovHead of the UVD of the Omsk OblastPolice Major General[24]
1994 – 2000Yevgeny StorozhenkoHead of the UVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Lieutenant General[25]

UMVD for the Omsk Oblast

PeriodFull NamePositionRankSource
2000 – 2010Viktor KamertselHead of the UMVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Major General[26]
2010 – 2016Yuri TomchakHead of the UMVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Lieutenant General[27]
June 2016 - December 2016Lyubov AksyonovaActing Head of the UMVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Colonel[28]
December 2016 – Late 2019Leonid KolomietsHead of the UMVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Major General[29]
March 2020 – February 2024Vyacheslav KryuchkovHead of the UMVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Lieutenant General[30]
February 2024Alexey ShelkovActing Head of the UMVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Colonel[31]
February 2024 – PresentVadim BolotovHead of the UMVD for the Omsk OblastPolice Major General[32]

References

  1. ↑ "The Omsk Oblast police have reported a shortage of personnel" (in Russian). gorod55.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  2. ↑ "ussian federation federal law on the police" (in Russian). normativ.kontur.ru. 2024-12-28. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated December 26, 2018 N 912" (in Russian). consultant.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Chief of Omsk Police Bolotov Receives Honorary Title from the President of Russia" (in Russian). Город55. 2025-06-07. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  5. ↑ "UMVD of Russia for the Omsk Oblast" (in Russian). list-org.com. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  6. ↑ "Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Omsk Oblast". 55.мвд.рф. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  7. ↑ "Directory of Police Departments of Omsk and the Omsk Oblast" (in Russian). omskadvokat.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  8. ↑ ""Institutions for the Administration of Siberian Governorates" and the Formation of the Police in Siberia" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  9. ↑ "The Role and Place of the General Police in the Local Government of Pre-Revolutionary Siberia" (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  10. ↑ "History of Local Police in Siberia" (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  11. ↑ "Omsk City Council and the Militsiya after 1917" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  12. ↑ "History of the UNKVD of the Omsk Oblast". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  13. ↑ "History of the Omsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia" (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  14. ↑ "Lenta.ru: Russia: Society: The Ministry of Internal Affairs Decided to Combat the Consequences of the Reform". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  15. ↑ "Safe City: Omsk Implements Video Surveillance" (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  16. ↑ "Pyotr S. Uspensky – First Commissioner of the Militsiya of Omsk". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  17. ↑ "Article about the Omsk Militsiya". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  18. ↑ "The Omsk Militsiya in 1918–1920". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  19. ↑ "The Omsk Militsiya: Strizhak-Vasilenko". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "UNKVD for the Omsk Oblast". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  21. ↑ "Chronicle of Victory from Museum Archives: The Battle in the Rear - Heroic Everyday Life of Omsk Law Enforcement Officers". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  22. ↑ "History of Alekseev Street – Head of the Omsk UVD". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  23. ↑ "UNKVD for the Omsk Oblast: Smirnov 1964–70". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  24. ↑ "Lotkov — Head of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  25. ↑ "Evgeny Afanasevich Storozhenko (1938–2005)". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  26. ↑ "Putin Fired Kamertsel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  27. ↑ "Happy Birthday, Yury Iosifovich!". Superomsk. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  28. ↑ "The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Omsk Region will hold a reception of citizens on personal matters". 55.мвд.рф. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  29. ↑ "Vladimir Kolokoltsev introduced the new head of the UMVD of Russia for the Omsk Region to the personnel". гурлс.мвд.рф. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  30. ↑ "Murders down 25%: results of the work of the head of the Omsk police, Vyacheslav Kryuchkov". dzen.ru. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  31. ↑ "Shelkov's Appointment as "Acting" Head". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  32. ↑ "President Appoints New Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Omsk Region". kommersant.ru. 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2025-07-28.