Reflections on the destiny of the Russian political police, evoked by A.V. Matveev’s dissertation on «The Institute of Surveillance in the law enforcement system of the Russian Empire (historical and legal research)»

At the meeting of the dissertation Council 03.2.008.03, for the defense of dissertations for the degree of Candidate of Sciences, for the degree of Doctor of Science in the scientific specialty 5.1.1. Theoretical and historical legal sciences (legal sciences), created on the basis of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, on October 4, 2022, the dissertation defense was passed for the degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences A. V. Matveev on the topic «Institute of surveillance in the law enforcement system of the Russian Empire (historical and legal research), led by Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation N. S. Nizhnik. The Dissertation Council, the meeting of which was chaired by Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation M. V. Bavsun, unanimously decided that A. V. Matveev’s dissertation is a scientific qualification work that is essential for historical and legal science and meets the requirements established by the Regulations on Awarding Academic Degrees, as well as on awarding A. V. Matveev the degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences in the specialty 5.1.1. 
The article is a review of the dissertation of an official opponent, in which the structure and content of the dissertation of A.V. Matveev are analyzed.