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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.
When did the US and USSR become nuclear powers?
US: 1945. USSR: 1949
When was Evgeniy Lemeshonok born?
Evgeniy Lemeshonok was born on June 3, 1921, in Novosibirsk, USSR.
When did the USSR break up and become Russia again?
The USSR did not break up and become Russia again. Thinking Russia and the USSR were the same, is a common mistake. Russia was just part of the USSR, along with many other countries. Russia was the largest of the countries that were part of the USSR. In 1991, the USSR broke up and these countries, including Russia, all became independent.
What was the KGB's purpose?
The KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti) or Committee for State Security, was the USSR's many layered institution consisting of various "directorates" that performed the combined functions carried out in other countries by the CIA, FBI, MI5, MI6, ASIO and other secret police, spying and intelligence agencies. The KGB's predecessors in the USSR were the NKVD, and the Cheka which was founded and headed by Felix Dzerzhinsky. The Cheka carried out torture and executions during the Russian Civil War and the Red Terror. The NKVD was instrumental in carrying out Stalin's purges of the 1930's. By whatever name it was known as at the time, the KGB was synonomous with terror, torture and death, and that was just within the USSR. KGB activities outside the USSR are legendary, and many a book has been written and movie made about their activities. The KGB headquarters were at Lubyanka Square in Moscow. The KGB was moderated and broken up after the collapse of the USSR and is now known as the FSB (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti) or Federal Security Service.
When did the USSR become a superpower?
Right before the start of WW2
Why did USSR agree to dismantle the missile bases in Cuba?
The USSR knew how dangerous the confrontation would be if the USA & the USSR would go head to head in a nuclear war. The destruction of the world was a huge possibility and niether superpower could risk that.
Why did the USSR agree to dismantle its missiles bases in Cuba?
The USSR knew how dangerous the confrontation would be if the USA & the USSR would go head to head in a nuclear war. The destruction of the world was a huge possibility and niether superpower could risk that.
When was Vasili Stalin born?
Vasili Stalin was born on March 21, 1921, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
When was Marina Ried born?
Marina Ried was born on July 9, 1921, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
When was Boris Bityukov born?
Boris Bityukov was born on April 25, 1921, in Oryol, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
When was Yuri Ozerov born?
Yuri Ozerov was born on January 26, 1921, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
