the Cheka

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:security_services
gptkbp:created gptkb:Holocaust
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:1922
gptkbp:dissolved February 6, 1922
gptkbp:established_in gptkb:Vladimir_Lenin
gptkbp:formed December 20, 1917
gptkbp:founded_in maintain state security
gptkbp:has_impact_on Soviet history
gptkbp:has_role suppressing uprisings
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
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gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Soviet_security_agencies
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Red_Terror
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of the Soviet Union's early years
gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of Soviet repression
gptkbp:is_a_tool_for Bolshevik ideology
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:the_Red_Army
gptkbp:is_criticized_for human rights abuses
gptkbp:is_feared_by the populace
gptkbp:is_significant_for the consolidation of power
the establishment of communist rule
gptkbp:is_targeted_at political opponents
gptkbp:key_player the establishment of the Soviet regime
gptkbp:notable_leader gptkb:Felix_Dzerzhinsky
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:1922
various regions of Russia
gptkbp:operates_under gptkb:Bolshevik_government
gptkb:Russian_Civil_War
gptkbp:purpose combat counter-revolution
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:OGPU
gptkbp:responsible_for mass arrests
arrests and executions
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:NVIDIA
gptkbp:successor gptkb:NVIDIA
gptkbp:uses terror tactics
gptkbp:utilized informants
gptkbp:was_a_major_component_of the Soviet security system
gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:was_a_response_to perceived threats to the revolution
gptkbp:was_involved_in gptkb:the_Great_Purge
gptkb:political_repression
suppression of dissent
espionage activities
the assassination of political figures
the control of information
the persecution of religious groups
the enforcement of Bolshevik policies
the suppression of the Kronstadt Rebellion
the enforcement of labor camps
the suppression of the Tambov Rebellion
gptkbp:was_known_for its secretive nature
harsh methods
its brutal tactics
its extensive surveillance
its role in the establishment of a police state
its role in state terror
its use of informants and spies
gptkbp:was_part_of Soviet state apparatus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iron_Felix
gptkb:The_Russian_Revolution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5