Cheka
(in the Soviet Union) the state secret-police organization (1917–22), succeeded by the GPU.
Origin of Cheka
1Other words from Cheka
- Chekist, noun
- Compare KGB.
Words Nearby Cheka
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How to use Cheka in a sentence
In the building of the Soviet, where we came to exchange our horses, there was being held a meeting of the "Cheka."
Beasts, Men and Gods | Ferdinand OssendowskiAnd so we talked the members of the "Cheka" round to everything that we wanted.
Beasts, Men and Gods | Ferdinand OssendowskiHe is the commissar of the 'Cheka' and she is the agent of this establishment.
Beasts, Men and Gods | Ferdinand OssendowskiIn every Siberian "Cheka" I could have had this end so joyfully accorded me.
Beasts, Men and Gods | Ferdinand OssendowskiThey were the results of the bloody work of the "Cheka" at Minnusinsk.
Beasts, Men and Gods | Ferdinand Ossendowski
British Dictionary definitions for Cheka
/ Russian (ˈtʃɛka) /
Russian history the secret police set up in 1917 by the Bolshevik government: reorganized in the Soviet Union in Dec 1922 as the GPU
Origin of Cheka
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