Chekist

Noun

Meaning

(historical) An agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD.

(by extension, metonymically) A national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the state security intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation.

Examples

Also, the term "chekist" often referred to Soviet secret police throughout the Soviet period, despite official name changes over time. Source: Internet

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

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