Lenin

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Beth A

Cards (6)

  • The Cheka was set up by the Bolsheviks in December 1917 and was headed by Dzherzhinksy
  • The Cheka differed from previous variants of the secret police since they used terror to victimise people based on who they were and not just because of their actions
  • "Your first duty is to ask him to which class he belongs, what are his origins, his education and his occupation. These questions should decide the fate of the prisoner"
  • The Cheka formally implemented the Red Terror, involving enforcing War communism, grain requisitioning, the Labour Code, the elimination of kulaks, the administration of labour camps and the militarisation of labour
  • The Cheka was disbanded and replaced by the State Police Administration (GPU) in 1922
  • The GPU was expanded in 1924 and was renamed the United State Police Adminstration (OGPU)