1. Cheka - Noun
2. Cheka - Proper noun
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.
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