The Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast () 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.

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.

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

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.

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. 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."

Key Milestones:

1867 – Establishment of the Omsk City Police Department as part of the Judicial reform of Alexander II. 1917 – After the October Revolution, the police were transformed into the People's Militsiya of Petrograd (within the Omsk Governorate). 1920 – Formation of the Omsk Governorate Militsiya as part of the NKVD of the RSFSR. 1941–1945 – The Militsiya ensured law and order during the evacuation of industrial enterprises to Omsk. 1965 – Opening of the Omsk Higher Militsiya School (later – the Omsk Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs).

Modern Period:

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

Leaders Omsk People's Militsiya Period Full Name Position Source December 1917 – May 1918 Pyotr Sergeyevich Uspensky First Commissioner of the Militsiya of Omsk (Chief of the Militsiya) 1919–1920 Yefim Davidovich Spian Head of the Militsiya of the city of Omsk 1918–1920 Pyotr Yakovlevich Petrukho Organizer of the Militsiya of the Omsk Oblast (Service in the Cheka/Militsiya) 1919 Artem Kuzmich Strizhak-Vasilenko Head of the Militsiya of Omsk (Executed) UNKVD for the Omsk Oblast Period Full Name Position Rank Source December 17, 1934 – July 23, 1937 Eduard Petrovich Salyn Head of the NKVD for the Omsk Oblast Senior Major of State Security from 1935 July 23 - August 19, 1937 Grigory Fedorovich Gorbach Head of the NKVD for the Omsk Oblast Major of State Security August 19, 1937 - April 27, 1938 Konstantin Nikolaevich Valukhin Head of the NKVD for the Omsk Oblast Captain of State Security May 22, 1938 - January 25, 1939 Zotik Andreevich Volokhov Head of the NKVD for the Omsk Oblast (arrested) Captain of State Security January 28, 1939 – February 26, 1941 Mikhail Yegorovich Zakharov Head of the NKVD for the Omsk Oblast Captain of State Security 1939-1946 Vasily Ivanovich Galkin Head of the NKVD for the Omsk Oblast Militsiya Commissioner UVD for the Omsk Oblast Period Full Name Position Rank Source August 6, 1946 – December 20, 1950 Fedor Ignatievich Petrov Head of the UVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Colonel August 6, 1946 – December 20, 1950 Fedor Ignatievich Petrov Head of the UVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Colonel January 17, 1951 – March 16, 1953 Georgy Grigoryevich Chukreev Head of the UVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Lieutenant Colonel March 16, 1953 – March 27, 1954 Semyon Fedorovich Gorbunov Head of the UVD for the Omsk Oblast KGB Colonel 1954 – 1964 Nikolai Ivanovich Manukovsky Head of the UVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Colonel June 1964 – August 1970 Alexander Smirnov Head of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast Executive Committee Police Major General August 1970 – March 1984 Ivan Alekseev Head of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast Executive Committee Police Major General March 1984 – 1991 Vladimir Obraztsov Head of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast Executive Committee Police Major General 1991 – 1994 Viktor Lotkov Head of the UVD of the Omsk Oblast Police Major General 1994 – 2000 Yevgeny Storozhenko Head of the UVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Lieutenant General

UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Period Full Name Position Rank Source 2000 – 2010 Viktor Kamertsel Head of the UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Major General 2010 – 2016 Yuri Tomchak Head of the UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Lieutenant General June 2016 - December 2016 Lyubov Aksyonova Acting Head of the UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Colonel December 2016 – Late 2019 Leonid Kolomiets Head of the UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Major General March 2020 – February 2024 Vyacheslav Kryuchkov Head of the UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Lieutenant General February 2024 Alexey Shelkov Acting Head of the UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Colonel February 2024 – Present Vadim Bolotov Head of the UMVD for the Omsk Oblast Police Major General

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