Role of the Cheka, 1917-21

Question 1

1. When were the Cheka established?
2. Who was their main target?
3. Where was the Cheka supposed to protect communist rule during the C.W?

Answer 1

1. December 1917.
2. Counter-revolutionaries.
3. Areas held by the communists.

Question 2

1. Who did the Cheka also attack along with the Communists’ capitalist enemies?
2. What did the Cheka and Red Army close down in January 1918?
3. True or false: The Cheka were not bound by laws.

Answer 2

1. Other socialists.
2. Constituent Assembly.
3. True.

Question 3

1. What did the Cheka help the Red Army to do?
2. What did they close down?
3. They supported the Red Army’s attack on what?
4. What did the Cheka run?
5. What did they stop that was outlawed under WC?

Answer 3

1. Requisition grain from the peasants.
2. Opposition newspapers.
3. Kronstadt Naval Base.
4. Concentration camps housing Communists’ enemies.
5. Private trading.