Cheka

[ che-kah ]

noun

1. (in the Soviet Union) the state secret-police organization (1917–22), succeeded by the GPU.

Cheka

/ ˈtʃɛka /

noun

1. Russian history the secret police set up in 1917 by the Bolshevik government: reorganized in the Soviet Union in Dec 1922 as the GPU

Other Words From

• Chekist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cheka¹

1920–25; < Russian Cheká, Vecheká, names of the initial letters of Vserossíĭskaya chrezvycháĭnaya Kommíssiya ( po bor'bé s kontrarevolyútsieĭ, spekulyátsieĭ i sabotázhem ) All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (for the Struggle against Counterrevolution, Speculation and Sabotage)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cheka¹

C20: from Russian, acronym of Chrezvychainaya Komissiya Extraordinary Commission (to combat Counter-Revolution)

Example Sentences

In the building of the Soviet, where we came to exchange our horses, there was being held a meeting of the "Cheka."

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And so we talked the members of the "Cheka" round to everything that we wanted.

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He is the commissar of the 'Cheka' and she is the agent of this establishment.

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In every Siberian "Cheka" I could have had this end so joyfully accorded me.

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They were the results of the bloody work of the "Cheka" at Minnusinsk.

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