OGPU

or Og·pu

[og-poo]

noun

(in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923–1934).

Compare Cheka, KGB.

Origin of OGPU

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

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British Dictionary definitions for ogpu

Ogpu

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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