The State-legal Institute of Outdoor Surveillance in the Russian Empire is the subject of research by modern scientists

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 an analysis of the relevance of the dissertation and the results of the scientific study conducted by A. V. Matveev.