Joint State Political Directorate

Soviet national security agency (1923-1934)
Organization government_agency Q18363484
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The Joint State Political Directorate was headquartered in the Lubyanka Building.

Joint State Political Directorate

Summary

Joint State Political Directorate is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month, #31 of 3,958).[2]

Key Facts

  • Joint State Political Directorate is in the country of Soviet Union[3].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's instance of is recorded as military branch[5].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's logo image is recorded as 1932-OGPU-logo.jpg[6].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's follows is recorded as State Political Directorate[7].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's followed by is recorded as NKVD[8].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's headquarters location is recorded as Lubyanka Building[9].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's subclass of is recorded as paramilitary organization[10].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's Commons category is recorded as Joint State Political Directorate[11].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's chairperson is recorded as Felix Dzerzhinsky[12].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's chairperson is recorded as Vyacheslav Menzhinsky[13].
  • +1923-11-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Joint State Political Directorate[14].
  • Joint State Political Directorate was dissolved in +1934-07-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0n51s68[16].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's replaces is recorded as State Political Directorate[17].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's replaces is recorded as Cheka[18].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's replaced by is recorded as Main Directorate of State Security[19].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/OGPU[20].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's position held by head of the organization is recorded as chairman of the OGPU[21].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3950311[22].
  • Joint State Political Directorate's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as ob-edinionnoe-gosudarstvennoe-politicheskoe-upravlenie-3953cc[23].

Body

Founding

+1923-11-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Joint State Political Directorate[14].

Identity

Joint State Political Directorate's follows is recorded as State Political Directorate[7]. Its followed by is recorded as NKVD[8].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Felix Dzerzhinsky[12], a politician[24], 1877–1926[25], of Russian Empire[26], awarded the Order of the Red Banner[27] and Vyacheslav Menzhinsky[13], a politician[28], 1874–1934[29], of Russian Empire[30], awarded the Order of the Red Banner[31].

Operations

Joint State Political Directorate's headquarters location is recorded as Lubyanka Building[9].

Dissolution

Joint State Political Directorate was dissolved in +1934-07-00T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Joint State Political Directorate ranks in the top 0.78% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month, #31 of 3,958).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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