Cheka

Speech parts

1. Cheka - Noun

2. Cheka - Proper noun

Meaning

Cheka

(historical) The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.

Cheka (plural Chekas)

An agent of this organization; a Chekist.

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At the direction of Lenin, the Cheka performed mass arrests, imprisonments, and executions of " enemies of the people ". Source: Internet

Approximately 500,000 deserters were arrested in 1919 and close to 800,000 in 1920, by troops of the 'Special Punitive Department' of the Cheka, created to punish desertions. Source: Internet

Fanya Kaplan shot and wounded Lenin triggering the " Red Terror " - the Cheka implicated all malcontents in a grand conspiracy that warranted a full-scale campaign. Source: Internet

At 7 p.m., Yurovsky summoned all the Cheka men into his room and ordered them to collect all the revolvers from the outside guards. Source: Internet

A member of Cheka was called a "chekist". Source: Internet

Director of Cheka Lenin regarded Felix Dzerzhinsky as a revolutionary hero and appointed him to organize a force to combat internal threats. Source: Internet

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