Creation Of The Cheka Flashcards
1
Q
How many Cheka representatives were there by 1921?
A
30,000.
2
Q
Who did the Cheka target? [5]
A
Army members suspected of working for the Tsar’s supporters.
Families of army officers.
Priests.
Any non-supporters.
Any person owning property worth over 10,000 roubles.
3
Q
Who led the Cheka?
A
Felix Dzerzhinsky.
4
Q
How did the Cheka get information?
A
Through torture.
5
Q
What did the Cheka run?
A
Gulags - concentration camps.
6
Q
When did the Cheka carry out Red Terror?
A
After Lenin’s attempted assassination in August 1918.
7
Q
How many people were killed during Red Terror?
A
50,000.
8
Q
What effect did the Cheka have on opposition to the Bolsheviks and why?
A
It disappeared as people were terrified.
9
Q
When was the Cheka created?
A
December 1917.
