Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
secret police
|
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:Soviet_Union
state terrorism |
| gptkbp:collaboratedWith |
gptkb:Red_Army
|
| gptkbp:createdBy |
gptkb:Vladimir_Lenin
a climate of fear |
| gptkbp:criticism |
human rights abuses
Western observers |
| gptkbp:disbanded |
1922
political changes |
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1922
|
| gptkbp:established |
gptkb:Bolshevik_government
gptkb:post-revolutionary_Russia a network of informants maintain state security |
| gptkbp:expansion |
its powers over time
|
| gptkbp:focus_area |
political repression
|
| gptkbp:formed |
December 20, 1917
|
| gptkbp:function |
intelligence gathering
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Lubyanka_Building |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
first Soviet state security organization
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Cheka
|
| gptkbp:ideology |
to justify actions
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Marxism-Leninism
later_Soviet_policies |
| gptkbp:is_a |
gptkb:KGB
|
| gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of |
the_early_Soviet_state
|
| gptkbp:is_a_key_player_in |
the Bolshevik Revolution
|
| gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of |
Soviet_repression
|
| gptkbp:is_a_tool_for |
political control
|
| gptkbp:is_essential_for |
gptkb:the_Russian_Civil_War
|
| gptkbp:is_involved_in |
Red Terror
the Great Purge suppression of uprisings the suppression of dissent foreign espionage the establishment of labor camps the enforcement of state policies civil war activities the_establishment_of_the_Soviet_regime |
| gptkbp:is_known_for |
its secretive nature
political purges its secretive operations its brutal tactics its extensive use of informants |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
the_Soviet_government_structure
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced future security agencies
|
| gptkbp:notablePerson |
Felix Dzerzhinsky
|
| gptkbp:operates_in |
gptkb:Council_of_People's_Commissars
emergency laws various_Soviet_republics |
| gptkbp:operational_area |
gptkb:Soviet_Russia
|
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
other political factions
|
| gptkbp:productionYears |
1917-1922
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
combat counter-revolution
|
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
OGPU
|
| gptkbp:responsibleFor |
executions
the arrest of thousands |
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:GPU
|
| gptkbp:surveillanceEquipment |
to monitor citizens
|
| gptkbp:targets |
gptkb:intelligentsia
political opponents |
| gptkbp:technique |
terror
|
| gptkbp:threats |
dissidents
the general populace |
| gptkbp:usedFor |
to extract confessions
|
| gptkbp:utilizes |
to gather intelligence
|
| gptkbp:was_a_factor_in |
Soviet_history
|
| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
perceived threats to the state
|