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name of the secert police of Italy German and soviet union
Cheka was a name for the Soviets Secret Police.
The Soviet Intelligence Agency, the KGB, was both an Intelligence Agency and 'Secret Police'.
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State 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.
name of the secert police of Italy German and soviet union
Cheka was a name for the Soviets Secret Police.
Seeing as the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, no.
The Soviet Intelligence Agency, the KGB, was both an Intelligence Agency and 'Secret Police'.
KGB was the acronym for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti or Committee for State Security, The State security agency in the former Soviet Union.
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GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State 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.
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.
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It was called the Gestapo.
Toward the end of 1991, Boris Yeltsin, who had come to power recently, ordered General Vadim Bakatin to dissolve the KGB (the Soviet Secret Police). In about October of that year, the instructions were carried out. Duties of the KGB were shifted among a couple of other agencies. The Soviet Secret Police (the KGB since back in 1954) has a long, long history in Russia. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article. Knowledge is free there. Surf on over and help yourself to a big serving.