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Military counterintelligence of the Soviet Army — Military counterintelligence of the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, throughout all its history was controlled by the nonmilitary structure. Part of Soviet secret police (Cheka, GPU, NKVD, ...) departments (names vary over … Wikipedia
Cheka — Chekist, n. /che kah/, n. (in the Soviet Union) the state secret police organization (1917 22), succeeded by the GPU. Cf. KGB. [1920 25; < Russ Cheká, Vecheká, names of the initial letters of Vserossíiskaya chrezvycháinaya Kommíssiya (po bor bé s … Universalium
Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies — There was a succession of Soviet secret police agencies over time. The first secret police after the Russian Revolution, created by Vladimir Lenin s decree on December 20, 1917, was called Cheka (ЧК). Officers were referred to as chekists , a… … Wikipedia
Main Administration for Safeguarding State Secrets in the Press — Main Administration for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press under the USSR Council of Ministers ( ru. Главное управление по охране государственных тайн в печати) was the official censorship and state secret protection organ in the Soviet … Wikipedia
Georgian Affair — The Georgian Affair of 1922 ( ru. Грузинское дело) was a political conflict within the Soviet leadership about the way in which social and political transformation was to be achieved in the Georgian SSR. The dispute over Georgia, which arose… … Wikipedia
Revolutionary tribunal (Russia) — Revolutionary tribunals (commonly abbreviated as revtribunals) in Soviet Russia were established soon after the October Revolution by the Soviet Decree of the Soviet of Peoples Commissars on the Court No. 1 ( Декрет о суде № 1 ) of November 22 (N … Wikipedia
Checa — Para otros usos de este término, véase Checa (desambiguación). VCheKa (en ruso: ВЧК) Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия Vserossiyskaya Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya … Wikipedia Español
Gulag — El Gulag o GULAG (en ruso Главное управление исправительно трудовых лагерей и колоний, ГУЛАГ; Glávnoie upravlenie ispravítelno trudovyj lageréi i koloniy), escuchar ▶?/i, Dirección General de Campos de Trabajo) era la rama del NKVD que dirigía el … Wikipedia Español
General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press — under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Russian: Главное управление по охране государственных тайн в печати при СМ СССР) was the official censorship and state secret protection organ in the Soviet Union. The censorship agency was established… … Wikipedia
