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Yes, the most certainly did. Even today Soviet people shudder when they think about the KGB. It infiltrated organizations, business and social groups, reporting anything that was considered anti-communist.
Russia, under the Tsar had a secret police force known as the Okhrana. After the Bolshevik takeover in the October Revolution, there was the VCheKa, or Cheka. Then it became the GPU; then the OGPU. After a time it became the KGB.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoStalin has the NKVD, which later became the KGB.
The Russian Empire had the Okhrana.
After the Russian Empire was overthrown, Lenin and the Soviet Union had the Vecheka also called the Cheka.
The Cheka became the GPU. Then the GPU became the OGPU. The OGPU then became the GUGB. The GUGB became the NKGB. The NKGB became the KGB.
These were the secret police forces. Sometimes they were incorporated as separate but distinct lesser agencies under the umbrella NKVD. At other times they were not. It is a very complicated transition.
The NKVD had existed since 1918 and handled all internal security matters, such as uniformed police and fire departments and uniformed military units too. Thus the "NKVD" was not itself a secret police force. The secret police forces were put into it and it just became easy to call the NKVD the secret police, but the NKVD was much more than just the secret police.
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∙ 12y agoThe role of the Soviet secret police was to combat counter-revolution and sabotage. The name of the first secret police was the Cheka, which was short for the the Russian acronym for the All-Russian Extraordinary Committee to Combat Counter-Revolution and Sabotage.
In a large way it was not a "secret police" because they were uniformed and operated mostly openly. Everyone knew who the "Chekisty" were and that was one reason they were so effective. They were everywhere and their mere presence suppressed any dissident thoughts or actions.
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∙ 11y agoYes but the translation was completely misunderstood, the secret police were the American equivilant to the village people
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∙ 15y agoUnder the Communist rule (USSR), they were the KGB. Now that Russia has reverted back to a "republic", I think it has a new name.
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∙ 13y agoyes he did he used them to control the people of muscovy
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How did Ivan the terrible deal with his enemies during the bad period?
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The Oprichniki created by Ivan the Terrible was a what?
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secret police force
How did Ivan the Terrible deal with his enemies during his bad?
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How did Ivan the terrible deal with his enemies during his bad periods?
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Which czar used secret police to maintain strict control over the people?
As a citizen of Muscovy, you would have feared Czar Ivan IV, who ruled during the 1500s. Known as "Ivan the Terrible," he used a secret police force to tighten his iron grip on the people and control their lives. Known as "Ivan the Terrible," Ivan IV used a secret police force to tighten his iron grip on the people and control their lives.
How did Ivan the terrible deal with his enemies during the bad period?
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What was the Boyars and Ivan the terrible relationship?
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How tall was Ivan the Terrible?
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