State Political Directorate (GPU)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/State_Political_Directorate_(GPU)
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf secret police organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:graphics_card
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1923
gptkbp:established 1922
gptkbp:function gptkb:political_repression
counterintelligence
state security
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label State Political Directorate (GPU)
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Vyacheslav_Menzhinsky
gptkb:Felix_Dzerzhinsky
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Cheka
gptkbp:successor gptkb:OGPU
gptkbp:type gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:All-Russian_Extraordinary_Commission_for_Combating_Counter-Revolution_and_Sabotage
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6