All-Russian Extraordinary Commission

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All-Russian Extraordinary Commission
Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия
Founded5 December 1917
Dissolved6 February 1922
LeaderFelix Dzerzhinsky

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

  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]