Urban growth and city police in the Urals in the 60s – 80s of 19th century

The development of the city police of the Ural region, starting with the police reform in the second half of the 19th century, is considered. The relevance of the study for domestic science lies in the fact that, despite a serious study of the Ural city police, no generalizing works about it still exist. The aim of the study was, therefore, to study the development of the police in the cities of the Urals in close relationship with the processes of imperial modernization, which significantly accelerated after the abolition of serfdom. The theory of modernization of Russia proposed by B.N. Mironov. The methods of research are “classical” methods of historical science, formulated by I.D. Kovalchenko: historical-genetic, historical-comparative, historical-typological, historicalsystemic. The result of the research was a comprehensive study of the institute of the police in the above geographical and chronological framework. The results obtained can be used in teaching courses: “History of the Urals”, “History of Russian Law Enforcement Agencies” and others. It is concluded that the Reform of 1862 failed to create police bodies in the Urals adequate to the rapid modernization processes that began during this period. Further strengthening of the police was greatly hampered by the limited funds of local budgets and the reluctance of the city authorities to increase police spending.