What’s the Context? 20 December 1917: formation of the Cheka, the first Soviet security and intelligence agency
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‘The Soviets would not last two days without the activities of the Cheka, but with the Cheka, the Soviet State was safe’: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Defending the Revolution Before the October Revolution in 1917 that put the Bolsheviks in power …