THE EXPERIENCE OF COUNTERING TERRORISM AND REVOLUTIONARY RADICALISM IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE (QUESTIONS OF THEORY)

The article summarizes the experience of countering organized and spontaneous manifestations ofterrorist-oriented crime and revolutionary radicalism accumulated by law enforcement agencies of theRussian Empire in the second half of the XIX — early XX century. The aim of the study is to comprehendthe counteraction to terrorism and the revolutionary movement in the Russian Empire as threats to itssustainable development. The aspects of the interaction of radicalism and terrorism with various layers ofsociety, the attitude of various social groups to the manifestations of these phenomena are analyzed. Thestudy is a retrospective analysis of the historical socio-negative phenomenon of terrorism and revolutionaryradicalism, as well as the experience of countering this phenomenon in a socio-historical and political-legalcontext.