Cheka

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law enforcement agency secret police organization state security agency

The Cheka was the Soviet Union’s first secret police organization, notorious for its role in political repression, mass executions, and enforcing Bolshevik rule during and after the Russian Civil War.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Cheka canonical	32
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission	2
Military Cheka	2
Vecheka	2
ГПУ	2
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage	1
Bolshevik Cheka units	1
Bolshevik authorities	1
Cheka forces	1
Cheka investigative departments	1
Cheka units	1
Provincial Cheka branches	1
Transport Cheka	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	law enforcement agency ⓘ secret police organization ⓘ state security agency ⓘ
appliesPolicy	Red Terror ⓘ
country	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Soviet Russia
dissolved	1922-02-06 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	counter-revolutionary activity suppression ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ internal security ⓘ
followedBy	NKVD ⓘ GPU ⓘ surface form: OGPU
foundedBy	Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
hasLeader	Felix Dzerzhinsky ⓘ Jakov Peters ⓘ Martin Latsis ⓘ Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ⓘ
hasPart	Cheka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Military Cheka Special Departments ⓘ Cheka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Transport Cheka
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ Leningrad ⓘ surface form: Petrograd
ideology	Bolshevism ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
inception	1917-12-20 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
legalForm	Extraordinary Commission ⓘ surface form: extraordinary commission
namedAfter	Extraordinary Commission ⓘ
nativeName	Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией и саботажем ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	Russian ⓘ
notableFor	enforcement of Bolshevik rule ⓘ mass executions ⓘ political repression ⓘ running concentration camps ⓘ secret arrests ⓘ summary executions ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ use of torture ⓘ
officialName	Cheka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage
operatingLanguage	Russian ⓘ
opposedBy	White movement ⓘ anti-Bolshevik forces ⓘ
parentOrganization	Soviet government ⓘ
participatedIn	Red Terror ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ War Communism ⓘ surface form: War communism
partOf	Council of People's Commissars ⓘ surface form: Council of People’s Commissars
replacedBy	GPU ⓘ Народный комиссариат государственной безопасности ⓘ surface form: State Political Directorate
shortName	VChK ⓘ
usedMethod	forced labor ⓘ hostage-taking ⓘ secret informant networks ⓘ show trials ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tambov Rebellion → opposedBy → Cheka ⓘ

Tambov Rebellion → combatant → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cheka units

NKVD → predecessor → Cheka ⓘ

Soviet government → securityAgency → Cheka ⓘ

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia → executedBy → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik authorities

Red Terror → perpetrator → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Extraordinary Commission

Red Terror → implementedBy → Cheka ⓘ

Felix Dzerzhinsky → founderOf → Cheka ⓘ

White Guard movement → foughtAgainst → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik Cheka units

Lubyanka Building → usedBy → Cheka ⓘ

Lubyanka Building → securityServiceHeadquartersFor → Cheka ⓘ

Solovki prison camp → operatedBy → Cheka ⓘ

Cheka → officialName → Cheka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage

Cheka → hasPart → Cheka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transport Cheka

Cheka → hasPart → Cheka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Military Cheka

Antonovshchina → hasParticipant → Cheka ⓘ

Antonovshchina → opposedBy → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cheka forces

GPU → predecessor → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Extraordinary Commission

Genrikh Yagoda → memberOf → Cheka ⓘ

Lubyanka Square, Moscow → politicallyAssociatedWith → Cheka ⓘ

People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR → associatedWith → Cheka ⓘ

My Disillusionment in Russia → criticizes → Cheka ⓘ

Chairman of the Cheka → headOf → Cheka ⓘ

Chairman of the Cheka → supervises → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cheka investigative departments

Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia → securityOrg → Cheka ⓘ

Vyacheslav Menzhinsky → employer → Cheka ⓘ

Battle of Kronstadt → opponent → Cheka ⓘ

Yakov Yurovsky → affiliation → Cheka ⓘ

Yakov Yurovsky → employer → Cheka ⓘ

Soviet state security organs → hasComponent → Cheka ⓘ

VChK → shortName → Cheka ⓘ

VChK → alsoKnownAs → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vecheka

VChK → alsoKnownAs → Cheka ⓘ

Extraordinary Commission → shortName → Cheka ⓘ

Extraordinary Commission → alsoKnownAs → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vecheka

Extraordinary Commission → hasPart → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Military Cheka

Extraordinary Commission → hasPart → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provincial Cheka branches

Martin Latsis → employer → Cheka ⓘ

Jakov Peters → employer → Cheka ⓘ

Special Departments → partOf → Cheka ⓘ

Special Departments → parentOrganization → Cheka ⓘ

Special Departments → relatedTo → Cheka ⓘ

NKWD → replaces → Cheka ⓘ

subject surface form: NKVD

Государственное политическое управление → shortName → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: ГПУ

Государственное политическое управление → nativeLabel → Cheka ⓘ

this entity surface form: ГПУ

Joint State Political Directorate → predecessor → Cheka ⓘ