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'''Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property''' (shortly '''The OBKhSS''', {{lang-ru|Отдел по борьбе с хищениями социалистической собственности, ОБХСС}}) was the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Finance|financial]] [[police]]. It was responsible for the regulation of [[economics|economic]] laws fight against theft of property in the organizations and institutions of state commerce, consumer, industrial and individual co-operatives, savings banks and procurement agencies, as well as to fight against speculation.
The '''Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property''' (abbreviation: '''OBKhSS''', {{lang-ru|Отдел по борьбе с хищениями социалистической собственности, ОБХСС}}) was the [[Soviet Union| Soviet]] [[Finance| financial]] [[police]]. It was responsible for the regulation of [[economics |economic]] laws combating theft of property in the organizations and institutions of state commerce, consumer, industrial and individual co-operatives, savings-banks and procurement agencies; it also acted against [[bribery]] and [[speculation]].
OBKhSS was established as a department of the Main Police Department of the [[NKVD]] [[USSR]] on March 16, 1937 in Order of the People's Commissar No. 0018. From 1946 to 1991 under the authority of The [[Ministry of Internal Affairs]] of the [[USSR]].
The [[People's Commissar for Internal Affairs]], [[Nikolai Yezhov]], established the OBKhSS as a department of the Main Police Department of the [[NKVD]] of the [[USSR]] on March 16, 1937 in Order of the People's Commissar No. 0018. From 1946 to 1991 the organisation operated under the authority of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union) | Ministry of Internal Affairs]] (MVD) of the [[USSR]].


{{As of | 2023}} successor-organisations of the OBKhSS - with similar functions in the [[Russian Federation]] - are the {{ill|Main Administration of Economic Security and Opposition to Corruption|ru|Главное управление экономической безопасности и противодействия коррупции}} of the [[MVD]], OBEP - the Department for Combating Economic Crimes of the MVD<ref>
Currently Successor of the OBKhss in similar function is the OBEP - The Department for fighting against Economic crimes of [[MVD]] and the DEB - Department for Economic Security.
{{cite book
|editor-last1 = Orttung
|editor-first1 = Robert
|editor-last2 = Latta
|editor-first2 = Anthony
|date = 11 January 2013
|orig-date = 2008
|title = Russia's Battle with Crime, Corruption and Terrorism
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bfjXUDJj4nMC
|series = Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption
|publication-place = Abingdon
|publisher = Routledge
|isbn = 9781134089000
|access-date = 20 July 2023
|quote = [...] corruption and and illegitimate ties are widespread in such subdivisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as: the Department for Combating Economic Crimes (OBEP); [...].
}}
</ref>
and the DEB - Department for Economic Security ({{lang-ru | Департамент экономической безопасности (ДЭБ)}} of the MVD.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:ОБХСС.JPG|Medal for 50 years OBKhSS MVD USSR 1987 year
File:ОБХСС.JPG|Medal marking 50 years of the OBKhSS of the MVD in the USSR - 1987
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</gallery>



Revision as of 04:52, 20 July 2023

Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property
(OBKhSS)
Отдел по борьбе с хищениями социалистической собственности
(ОБХСС)
Agency overview
FormedMarch 16, 1937
DissolvedFebruary, 1992
Superseding agency
JurisdictionThe Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR

The Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property (abbreviation: OBKhSS, Template:Lang-ru) was the Soviet financial police. It was responsible for the regulation of economic laws combating theft of property in the organizations and institutions of state commerce, consumer, industrial and individual co-operatives, savings-banks and procurement agencies; it also acted against bribery and speculation.

The People's Commissar for Internal Affairs, Nikolai Yezhov, established the OBKhSS as a department of the Main Police Department of the NKVD of the USSR on March 16, 1937 in Order of the People's Commissar No. 0018. From 1946 to 1991 the organisation operated under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of the USSR.

As of 2023 successor-organisations of the OBKhSS - with similar functions in the Russian Federation - are the Main Administration of Economic Security and Opposition to Corruption [ru] of the MVD, OBEP - the Department for Combating Economic Crimes of the MVD[1] and the DEB - Department for Economic Security (Template:Lang-ru of the MVD.

See also


  1. ^ Orttung, Robert; Latta, Anthony, eds. (11 January 2013) [2008]. Russia's Battle with Crime, Corruption and Terrorism. Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781134089000. Retrieved 20 July 2023. [...] corruption and and illegitimate ties are widespread in such subdivisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as: the Department for Combating Economic Crimes (OBEP); [...].