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- Cheka (abbreviation of Vecheka) 1918 - 1922
- NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1922 - 1923
- OGPU - "Joint State Political Directorate" 1923 - 1934
- NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1934 - 1941
- NKGB - "People's Commissariat for State Security" 1941
- NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1941 - 1943
- NKGB - "People's Commissariat for State Security" 1943 - 1946
- MGB - "Ministry for State Security" 1946 - 1953
- MVD and MGB are merged into the MVD 1953
- KGB - Committee for State Security 1954 - 1991
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Soviet secret police?
name of the secert police of Italy German and soviet union
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'.
Who was Germany's secret police organization called?
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State 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.
Soviet secret police?
name of the secert police of Italy German and soviet union
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'.
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.
A soviet commission that worked as secret police against counterrevolution?
Cheka ctcandjte
Who was Germany's secret police organization called?
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State 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.
What were Adolf Hitler's secret police called?
The Gestapo was a secret police that showed their strength with the use of terror. Hitler and the Nazi party used this secret police to hunt down Jews, gypsies, etc. Once they found them, they would be sent to the concentration camps.
What was starlins secret police called?
NKVD
What was Hitler's secret police called?
It was called the Gestapo.
What were the nazi secret police called?
The Gestapo.
