All-Russian Extraordinary Commission

All-Russian Extraordinary Commission
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission
	Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия
Founded	5 December 1917
Dissolved	6 February 1922
Template:Longitem	Felix Dzerzhinsky

The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission, also known as the Cheka or Vecheka, was the first Soviet intelligence agency, created by the Council of People's Commissars, and existed to combat counterrevolution and sabotage.^[1]

References

↑ Joseph Stalin (1939). History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): 'The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Preparation and Realization of the October Socialist Revolution'. [MIA]

[1] Joseph Stalin (1939). History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): 'The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Preparation and Realization of the October Socialist Revolution'. [MIA]

[1]