Attacks On Opponents Of The Government Flashcards
When does Lenin establish the Bolshevik secret police?
1917
What is the name of the Bolshevik secret police that Lenin establishes?
Cheka
Who is the head of the Cheka under Lenin?
Felix Dzerzhinsky
What is the purpose of the Cheka?
To ruthlessly act against counter-revolution?
CIVIL WAR Cheka given powers to…
What effect does this have?
Act with minimal interference from other legal bodies
Enemies can be quickly dealt with
CIVIL WAR what event in what month 1918 prompted a wave arrests?
Fanya Kaplan assassination attempt on Lenin
August
CIVIL WAR during the Red Terror (1921-22) Cheka intensifies actions towarards
Socialist Revolutionaries
Mensheviks
Red Terror 1921-22, up to how many opponents were shot?
200,000
Execution became the RULE, rather than the EXCEPTION
What is the Cheka renamed to?
When?
GPU 1922
What is the GPU renamed to?
When?
OGPU 1923
After the civil war, the Cheka is re_______.
This gives the secret police _______________.
They answer only to ___________.
(Re)organised
Growing independence from other state administrations
Leadership
When is the secret police merged with enlarged interior ministry- NKVD?
1934
In 1934, the merging of the secret police with the enlarged interior ministry— NKVD, had what effect on their power?
It was increased further.
What did Stalin’s industrialisation do with relation to the secret police?
It identified a range of opponents to be dealt with to ensure successful transformation of the Soviet Union.
(Kulaks + other peasants who opposed collectivisation —> deported to gulag)
During Stalin’s era, after what specific event did the number of those identified as political opponents rise?
Zinoviev and Kamanev 1936 show trial
