Cheka

Summary

Cheka is a secret police^[1]. Cheka draws 1,236 Wikipedia views per month (secret_police category, ranking #2 of 15).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cheka is in the country of Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic^[3].
• Cheka's instance of is recorded as secret police^[4].
• Cheka's coat of arms image is recorded as GPU 5th anniversary emblem.png^[5].
• Cheka's logo image is recorded as GPU 5th anniversary emblem.png^[6].
• Cheka's follows is recorded as Military Revolutionary Committee^[7].
• Cheka's followed by is recorded as State Political Directorate^[8].
• Cheka's headquarters location is recorded as Saint Petersburg^[9].
• Cheka's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107406140^[10].
• Cheka's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132461267^[11].
• Cheka's GND ID is recorded as 4283858-7^[12].
• Cheka's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50077985^[13].
• Cheka's IdRef ID is recorded as 082999155^[14].
• Cheka's Commons category is recorded as Cheka^[15].
• Cheka's chairperson is recorded as Felix Dzerzhinsky^[16].
• Cheka's chairperson is recorded as Jēkabs Peterss^[17].
• Cheka's has part is recorded as chekist^[18].
• +1917-12-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cheka^[19].
• Cheka was dissolved in +1922-02-06T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Cheka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01z91^[21].
• Cheka's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2002105969^[22].
• Cheka's parent organization or unit is recorded as Council of people's commissars of the RSFSR^[23].
• Cheka's SELIBR ID is recorded as 318435^[24].
• Cheka's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cheka officers^[25].
• Cheka's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cheka^[26].
• Cheka's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Council of people's commissars of the RSFSR^[27].

Body

Founding

+1917-12-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cheka^[19].

Identity

Cheka's follows is recorded as Military Revolutionary Committee^[7]. Cheka's followed by is recorded as State Political Directorate^[8]. Cheka's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ВЧК при СНК РСФСР'}^[28].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Felix Dzerzhinsky^[16], a politician^[29], 1877–1926^[30], of Russian Empire^[31], awarded the Order of the Red Banner^[32] and Jēkabs Peterss^[17], a military personnel^[33], 1886–1938^[34], of Russian Empire^[35], awarded the Order of the Red Banner^[36].

Operations

Cheka's headquarters location is recorded as Saint Petersburg^[9]. Cheka's parent organization or unit is recorded as Council of people's commissars of the RSFSR^[23].

Dissolution

Cheka was dissolved in +1922-02-06T00:00:00Z^[20].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Cheka include The Chekist^[37], a film^[38], directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin^[39].

Why It Matters

Cheka draws 1,236 Wikipedia views per month (secret_police category, ranking #2 of 15).^[2] Cheka has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Cheka is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Cheka include The Chekist^[37], a film^[38], directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin^[39].