3 matches to Cheka
Cheka. 1917-22. Russian secret police. GPU.
KGB. 1954-. Soviet secret police. =Cheka -1922; GPU 1922; OGPU 1923-34; NKVD 1934-46; MGB 1946-53. 1991 Split into FSB (domestic) and FIS (foreign).
Okhrana. 1881-1917. Czar’s secret police. Cheka.