The Red Secret Police known as The Cheka were started by Lenin after the October 1917 revolution. It was an instrument of control, using fear and ambiguity to keep the masses in check and obedient.
he created the police force to kill those who opposed him.
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State Police)
The secret police were the Gestapo's.
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.
...a Red Terror campaign to destroy all those who opposed the new regime.
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State Police)
They may have had a secret police, but there has been no evidence.
Germany's secret police were the "SS". 2nd world war Germany's secret police was " Gestapo " you can pronounce like gastapo.
it was a secret police organized by Ivan the terrible
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police was created in 1939.
The Kempei Tai were the Imperial Japanese Army secret police. The Tokkei Tai were the Navy secret police and the Tokko Keitsatsu were the civilian secret police.