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Cheka: see secret police secret police, policing organization operating in secrecy for the political purposes of its government, often with terroristic procedures.
The Nature of a Secret Police..... Click the link for more information. . Cheka early Soviet secret police charged with guarding against counterrevolutionary activity. [Russ. Hist.: Benét, 190] See : Spying How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| From the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Russian security apparatus Cheka (and its later permutations: OGPU, NKVD, MGB, KGB) had been the "sword and shield" of the communist world revolution. The NKVD, like the Cheka before it and the KGB after it, operated throughout the USSR and surely should be identified as the Soviet secret police. During eight days of interrogation, he was brought face to face with Dzershinsky, the founder of the Cheka himself. |
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