Talk:Russian police reform

A fact from Russian police reform appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 April 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that under the ongoing Russian police reform, the name of Russia's law enforcers was changed from "militia" to "police"?

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Should any mention be made of VI Lenin's opposition to Politsya?

"A people’s militia would mean education of the masses in the practices of democracy.

A people’s militia would mean government of the poor by the people themselves, chiefly by the poor, and not by the rich, not through their police.

A people’s militia would mean that control (over factories, dwellings, the distribution of products, etc.) would be real and not merely on paper.

A people’s militia would mean distribution without any bread queues, without any privileges for the rich.

A people’s militia would mean that quite a number of the serious and radical reforms listed also by the Narodniks and the Mensheviks would not remain mere pious wishes.

Comrades, working men and women of Petrograd! Go to the district council elections. Protect the interests of the poor population. Come out against the imperialist war, against support of the capitalist government, against the restoration of the police and for the immediate unqualified replacement of the police by a people’s militia."-They Have Forgotten the Main Thing, Lenin Bolegash (talk) 02:36, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It could be mentioned if you find a credible secondary source on how this affects policy. As a side note I find this ironic as it is basically the antithesis of the Russian police. Also because Lenin sent hundreds of thousands of Kulaks to their death, seems rather redundant to have a police force dedicated to protecting the poor from the rich when the rich/middle class ,who aren't Bolsheviks in good standing, have been killed. (Alcibiades979 (talk) 09:17, 29 May 2016 (UTC))[reply]

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I don't think that the police are that corrupt now; the salaries have already been tripled. Abhijay ^{Let's have a chat, my friend.} 01:42, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It'd be great if you could add to the article on the long term effects of this reform. (Alcibiades979 (talk) 09:18, 29 May 2016 (UTC))[reply]