CHEKA

Meaning of CHEKA in English

also called Vecheka, early Soviet secret police agency and a forerunner of the KGB (q.v.).

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CHEKA — Cheka [R] n Cheka
Interlingua English vocab
CHEKA — ˈchā(ˌ)kä noun ( -s ) Etymology: Russian, from che + ka, names of initial letters of Chrezvychainaya Kommissiya extraordinary commission …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHEKA — — Chekist , n. /che"kah/ , n. (in the Soviet Union) the state secret-police organization (1917-22), succeeded by the GPU. …
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CHEKA — ВЧК
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHEKA — сущ. русск. ЧК (чрезвычайная комиссия); создана В. Лениным для "борьбы с контрреволюцией", фактически выполняла роль политической полиции.
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YAGODA, GENRIKH (GRIGORYEVICH) — born 1891, Łodz, Pol., Russian Empire died March 15, 1938, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician. A leader of the Cheka …
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RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR — (1918–20) Conflict between the newly formed Bolshevik government and its Red Army against the anti-Bolshevik forces in Russia. The unfavourable …
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KGB — Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti ("Committee for State Security") Soviet agency responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence, and internal security. It was the …
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DZERZHINSKY, FELIKS (EDMUNDOVICH) — born Sept. 11, 1877, Dzerzhinovo, near Minsk, Russian Empire died July 20, 1926, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Russian Bolshevik leader, head …
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CHEKIST — ˈchākə̇st noun ( -s ) Etymology: Russian, from cheka + -ist : a member of a cheka
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OGPU — /og"pooh/ , n. (in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923-1934). Also, Ogpu . Cf. Cheka, KGB . [ Ógpu, …
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NKVD — in the U.S.S.R., the government's secret-police organization (1934-46). Cf. Cheka . [ N ( aródnyi ) K ( omissariát ) …
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NKGB — in the U.S.S.R., the government's secret-police organization (1941-46). Cf. Cheka . [ N ( aródnyi ) k ( omissariát ) …
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KGB — the intelligence and internal-security agency of the former Soviet Union, organized in 1954 and responsible for enforcement of security regulations, …
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GPU
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INTELLIGENCE — in government operations, evaluated information concerning such things as the strength, activities, and probable courses of action of other nations …
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CONCENTRATION CAMP
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YAGODA, GENRIKH GRIGORYEVICH — born 1891, Lodz, Pol., Russian Empire died March 15, 1938, Moscow Yagoda also spelled Jagoda head of the Soviet secret …
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VECHEKA — byname Cheka the first Soviet political police agency and earliest forerunner of the Kgb (q.v.).
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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
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RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR — (191820), conflict in which the Red Army successfully defended the newly formed Bolshevik government against various Russian and interventionist anti-Bolshevik …
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PROTOPOPOV, ALEKSANDR DMITRIYEVICH — born Dec. 30 [Dec. 18, Old Style], 1866, Moscow, Russia died Jan. 1, 1918, [Dec. 19, 1917], Moscow Russian statesman …
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POLICE, THE — British-American new-wave band that blended reggae, jazz, funk, punk, and world music influences into hook-laden pop-rock. Five best-selling albums, a …
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KGB — Russian in full Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security), political police and security agency that was also the primary …
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DZERZHINSKY, FELIKS EDMUNDOVICH — Polish Feliks Dzierzynski born Sept. 11 [Aug. 30, Old Style], 1877, Dzerzhinovo, near Minsk, Russian Empire [now in Belarus] died …
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BULGANIN, NIKOLAY ALEKSANDROVICH — born May 30 [June 11, New Style], 1895, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia died Feb. 24, 1975, Moscow statesman and industrial and …
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BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH — Beria also spelled Beriya born March 29 [March 17, old style], 1899, Merkheuli, Russia died Dec. 23, 1953, Moscow director …
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ANTIPATHY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In part, the present high level of antipathy toward foreign travel is easy to explain. …
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YAGODA, GENRIKH GRIGORYEVICH — born 1891, 0141; odz, Pol., Russian Empire died March 15, 1938, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician. A leader of the …
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YAGODA, GENRIKH — born 1891, 0141; odz, Pol., Russian Empire died March 15, 1938, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician. A leader of the …
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RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR — (191820) Conflict between the newly formed Bolshevik government and its Red Army against the anti-Bolshevik forces in Russia. The unfavourable …
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