The Cheka (ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия) was the first of many Soviet secret police organizations, created on December 20, 1917 by Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. Cheka - The name. The agency's full name was Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией и саботажем (In English, All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage), but was commonly abbreviated to ЧК ...

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The agency's full name was Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией и саботажем (In English, All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage), but was commonly abbreviated to ЧК (Cheka) or ВЧК (Vecheka). In 1918 its name was changed slightly to: Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией, спекуляцией и преступлениям по должности, or All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolu ...

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Cheka, Cheka - The name, Cheka - Formation, Cheka - Renaming, Cheka - Related articles, Cheka - Sources

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