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OGPU

or Og·pu

[ og-poo ]
/ ˈɒg pu /
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noun
(in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923–1934).
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Origin of OGPU

<Russian Ógpu, for Obʾʾedinënnoe gosudárstvennoe politícheskoe upravlénie Unified State Political Directorate

Words nearby OGPU

Ogmios, OGO, ogonek, Ogooué, Ogopogo, OGPU, O grade, ogre, ogress, Ogun, Ogygian
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British Dictionary definitions for OGPU

Ogpu
/ (ˈɒɡpuː) /
noun
the Soviet police and secret police from 1923 to 1934

Word Origin for Ogpu

C20: from Russian O (byedinyonnoye) g (osudarstvennoye) p (oliticheskoye) u (pravleniye) United State Political Administration
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