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When did the Cheka begin its reign of terror in Soviet Russia?
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The Cheka, the secret police of the Bolsheviks, began their reign of terror at the onset of the Civil War that was caused by the successful Bolshevik Revolution. This also coincided with the attempted assassination of Lenin.
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Soviet commission secret police against counterrevolution?
The Bolshevik secret police was the Cheka and was created in December of 1917. The use of terror on a mass scale however, did not begin until August of 1918. A civil war followed the Bolshevik revolution and the murder of a ranking member of the Cheka by a former anarchist and the attempted murder of Lenin set off a reprisal for all counter revolutionaries. 500 persons were implicated & shot. Estimates on the number of people put to death during the counter revolution by the Cheka are about 50,000. These victims were either outright anti communists to radical communists far to the left of the mainstream party. Some were more moderate socialists. The Cheka felt the need to harshly execute any opposition. By 1921 the Cheka had an administrative staff of 31,000.
When did Vladimir Lenin form the secret police?
he created the police force to kill those who opposed him.
What did the Cheka begin?
The Cheka (ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия) was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. It was created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917, by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. After 1922, the Cheka underwent a series of reorganizations.It was soon an important military force, crucial for survival of the Soviet regime. In 1921 the Troops for the Internal Defense of the Republic (a part of Cheka) numbered 200,000. These troops policed labor camps, ran the Gulag system, conducted requisitions of food, put down peasant rebellions, riots by workers, and mutinies in the Red Army, which was plagued by desertions.For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below.
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