Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Powers to withdraw from North Russia and Siberia in 1920, though Japanese forces occupied parts of Siberia until 1922 and the northern half of Sakhalin until 1925. In 1917, Russia was in a state of political strife, and public support for World War I and the Tsar was dwindling. The country was on the brink of revolution. The February Revolution changed the course of the war; under intense political pressure, the Tsar abdicated and the Russian Provisional Government was formed, led initially by Georgy Lvov and later by Alexander Kerensky. The Provisional Government pledged to continue fighting the Germans on
Khabarovsk Krai Police 1893 the Khabarovka city renamed to Khabarovsk, and on 1 January 1895 the Armed Police Department (Окружное Полицейское Управление) has been formed under the command of Alexander Mikhailovich Chernov, who was known in Russian Far East as successful fighter against crime and as Chairman of Sanitary Executive Commission and the founder of local fire-fighters force. On 1906, Lev Tauz has been appointed as Head of Police, he was the head of police during the last days of the RussianEmpire and continue to fill his duty after the Russian Revolution, until 1917. He was replaced by Fyodor Barinov who was arrested