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December 20 1917 Creation of Russia’s Cheka security service

Posted by Craig Hill ⋅ December 20, 2012 ⋅ 10 Comments

On December 20th 1917, the first Soviet security organisation, Cheka, was founded. While the KGB is the stereotypical Soviet secret police in modern society, the Cheka were the first of its kind, created by Lenin in 1917 in order to stabilise Russian society after the Bolshevik Revolution and the dismantling of the Russian monarchy. Cheka’s … Continue reading →

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