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What was the cheka?
Cheka was a name for the Soviets Secret Police.
Soviet intelligentsia what is it?
The Soviet Intelligence Agency, the KGB, was both an Intelligence Agency and 'Secret Police'.
What was the red secret police?
The soviet secret police were known as the NKVD. They are responsible for the death of millions under Joseph Stalin's rule. The Soviet secret police were first known as the "Cheka" from its acronym. It began under Vladimir Lenin. Then it was known as the GPU and shortly after that the OGPU, when the organization was given nation wide authority. The OGPU, still a secret police force, was later transferred into and became a department of the the NKVD. The NKVD was in charge of both secret and public police since it handled all matters concerning internal security.
How was the Soviet Secret Police ended?
Toward the end of 1991, Boris Yeltsin, who had come to power recently, ordered General Vadim Bakatin to dissolve the KGB (the Soviet Secret Police). In about October of that year, the instructions were carried out. Duties of the KGB were shifted among a couple of other agencies. The Soviet Secret Police (the KGB since back in 1954) has a long, long history in Russia. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article. Knowledge is free there. Surf on over and help yourself to a big serving.
Who was the soviet chief of secret police under stalin?
There were two, Nikolai Yezhov until 1940, and then there was the infamous Lavrentiy Beria.
What was the cheka?
Cheka was a name for the Soviets Secret Police.
Does the Soviet Union have a secret police?
Seeing as the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, no.
Soviet intelligentsia what is it?
The Soviet Intelligence Agency, the KGB, was both an Intelligence Agency and 'Secret Police'.
A soviet commission that worked as secret police against counterrevolution?
Cheka ctcandjte
What was the red secret police?
The soviet secret police were known as the NKVD. They are responsible for the death of millions under Joseph Stalin's rule. The Soviet secret police were first known as the "Cheka" from its acronym. It began under Vladimir Lenin. Then it was known as the GPU and shortly after that the OGPU, when the organization was given nation wide authority. The OGPU, still a secret police force, was later transferred into and became a department of the the NKVD. The NKVD was in charge of both secret and public police since it handled all matters concerning internal security.
What four letter acronym were the secret police force called in Stalin's time?
KGB was the acronym for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti or Committee for State Security, The State security agency in the former Soviet Union.
How was the Soviet Secret Police ended?
Toward the end of 1991, Boris Yeltsin, who had come to power recently, ordered General Vadim Bakatin to dissolve the KGB (the Soviet Secret Police). In about October of that year, the instructions were carried out. Duties of the KGB were shifted among a couple of other agencies. The Soviet Secret Police (the KGB since back in 1954) has a long, long history in Russia. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article. Knowledge is free there. Surf on over and help yourself to a big serving.
When did Bruno Schmidtsdorf die?
Bruno Schmidtsdorf died on February 28, 1938, in Soviet Union of murdered by Stalinist Secret Police.
Who was the soviet chief of secret police under stalin?
There were two, Nikolai Yezhov until 1940, and then there was the infamous Lavrentiy Beria.
Who was Beria?
Lavrentiy Beria was the head of the Soviet Ministry of the Interior and of the secret police from late in 1938 till 1946. He remained very influential in Soviet politics till shortly after Stalin's death in 1953.
Who was Germany's secret police organization called?
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State Police)
What was the function of the secret police in the Soviet Union?
The secret police are probably better seen as "political" police, since the various secret police organizations did not perform regular police functions regarding crimes. Also some of the secret police were uniformed, but were assigned to root out political dissenters.Some uses wereForming blocking forces behind regular Red Army troops with orders to shoot their own soldiers if they retreated against orders.Interrogate suspected political dissenters using torture.Root out people who were against Stalin's orders and plans and have them executed, exiled or imprisoned without trial.Encourage people to turn in counter-revolutionaries. They even encouraged children to turn in parents.Guard prisoners in the concentration camps and in the GULAG system.Essentially, the secret political police were used to prevent any type of dissent from official public policies.
