02-27-2011, 11:00 AM
Since 1952 it wan not even exactly the equivalent of druzhynniki.
As much overstatement as that is, the closest equivalent I can think of would be the Nazi SA.
In simple words, from 1952 to 1989 they were a party-controlled paramilitary organisation - did some of the policing stuff but also were the party's "guards" and "military force" independent to the Defence and Interior affairs ministeries.
But before that year it's true - they were something like druzhynniki.
As much overstatement as that is, the closest equivalent I can think of would be the Nazi SA.
In simple words, from 1952 to 1989 they were a party-controlled paramilitary organisation - did some of the policing stuff but also were the party's "guards" and "military force" independent to the Defence and Interior affairs ministeries.
But before that year it's true - they were something like druzhynniki.
