Did the Soviet Union have a secret police?

Answer 1

Yes. It was founded in 1917 soon after the Bolshevik Revolution and for most of the period 1917-1926 it was headed by Felix Dzherzhinsky. It had various various names and from 1954 till the collapse of the USSR in 1991 it was referred to as the KGB.

Answer 2

His secret police when he first became General Secretary was the State Political Directorate, or GPU.

In 1934 it was renamed the People's Comissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, or NKVD).

Answer 3

The KGB

Answer 4

the KGB