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When was Cheka created?
Cheka was created in 1917.
What was the cheka?
Cheka was a name for the Soviets Secret Police.
How did the cheka get information out of people?
The cheka was a notoriously vicious organization, which used torture.
What did Lenin's Cheka become under Stalin?
The Cheka became the GPU, then the OGPU and then the NKVD under Stalin.
Why was the cheka formed?
The first institution founded by the Bolsheviks was the Extraordinary All-Russian Commission of Struggle Against Counterrevolution, Speculation, and Sabotage. They were called Cheka for short. The Cheka were the secret police; these were people you did not want knocking at your door.
Who was the leader of the Cheka?
Felix Dzerzhunsky
Why did Lenin start the cheka?
Lenin created the Cheka in order to establish one party control and perpetuate the Totalitarian state that he wished to used to carry out his Communist ideologies. The Cheka was an instrument of control, using fear and ambiguity to keep the masses in check and obedient
How dangerous did the Cheka become in the USSR by 1921?
By 1921, the secret police of the USSR, the Cheka had grown substantially. It was responsible for the deaths of approximately 50,000 people by 1921. It had its own bureaucracy as well. By 1921 the Cheka had 31,000 employees. This included operatives and office workers.
Soviet commission that worked as secret police against counterrevolution?
The Cheka Ctcandjte was established in 1917 to combat counterrevolution acts and sabotage. It was the duty of the Cheka to stamp out any subversion in the Soviet Union. Victims of the Cheka were against the regime and generally came from the two groups of anti-communists, and far left communists. It's estimated the Cheka caused at least 50,000 deaths.
What was the Soviet state security agency and forerunner of the KGB?
Cheka
The cheka was formed to?
Suppress all oppostion... plato sucks but you can do it!!!!!!!!!
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.
