Use of Torture
Some historians have claimed that despite the reforms in the early 19th century, the practice of torture was never truly abolished. It has been argued that the creation of Okhrana led to increasing use of torture, due to the Okhrana using methods such as arbitrary arrest, detention and torture to gain information. Following the revolution, communists claimed the Okhrana had operated torture chambers in places like Warsaw, Riga, Odessa and in a majority of the urban centres.
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