Ismail [Izmail] County Gendarmerie Legion; Ismail

Collection

Postal address:: КУ «Ізмаїльський архів», м Ізмаїл, вул. Савицького, 67, Одеська область, Україна 68612

Title (official language):: Ізмаїльський повітовий жандармський легіон, м. Ізмаїл

Extent:: 49 files; another portion of this fond is housed in the State Archive of the Odessa Region (f. 843; 13 files for 1925/1940).

Scope and content:: Materials housed in the fonds include circulars of the Gendarmerie Corps command and the 3rd Gendarmerie Regiment on closing Jewish libraries, and a report of the legion’s command to the effect that there were no such libraries in villages of Ismail county (1940); and statistical data on the number of residents of the city of Vâlcov [Vilkovo], with a breakdown by ethnicity (as of 15 June 1940).

Administrative/biographical history:: This began operations in the territory of the county in March 1918 upon Romania’s annexation of Bessarabia; it was originally called the county gendarmerie company, and was a structural division of the Romanian paramilitary police. It was renamed the gendarmerie legion in March 1919. It was under the command of the Bessarabia Gendarmerie Corps, and in turn had oversight of operations of village gendarmerie sections and posts. It was disbanded in June 1940 upon Bessarabia’s annexation to the USSR.

Subject terms:: Law enforcement; Law enforcement--Gendarmerie; Libraries; Statistics

System of arrangement:: The fonds includes a single inventory systematised chronologically.