All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (Cheka)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/All-Russian_Extraordinary_Commission_(Cheka)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
secret police organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:Cheka
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Russia
gptkbp:dissolved 1922-02-06
gptkbp:firstChampion gptkb:Felix_Dzerzhinsky
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Vladimir_Lenin
gptkbp:foundedYear 1917-12-20
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (Cheka)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Всероссийская_чрезвычайная_комиссия
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Red_Terror
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:political_repression
mass arrests
suppression of opposition
summary executions
establishing Soviet state security apparatus
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Yakov_Peters
gptkb:Martin_Latsis
gptkb:Vyacheslav_Menzhinsky
gptkb:Felix_Dzerzhinsky
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Russian_Civil_War
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Council_of_People's_Commissars
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Tsarist_Okhrana
gptkbp:purpose combat counter-revolution
combat sabotage
combat speculation
combat crime
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:State_Political_Directorate_(GPU)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:OGPU
gptkbp:type gptkb:law_enforcement
intelligence officer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Félix_Dzerzhinsky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6