ÎNCEPUTURILE ORGANIZĂRII ŞI ACTIVITĂŢII CEKA-O.G.P.U.-N.K.V.D. ÎN RUSIA SOVIETICĂ

The Bolsheviks succeeded rapidly to control a large part from Russia after they took over power there (November 7, 1917). However, in December 1917, already the internal situation in Russia became complicated, because the citizens began to oppose the new authority. In order to consolidate the regime and to remove the opposition, the Nation Commissary Council had decided to set up the The Extraordinary Committee of the whole Russia for the Fight with the Couter-revolutionary and Sabotage, in December 20, 1917. It was known as CheKa and was led by Felix Dzerjinski. The mission of CheKa was of information, counter-information and repression. The name of CheKa was changed several times in G.P.U., O.G.P.U., N.K.G.B., having the same missions. The most important was the repression, CheKa being the “shield and sword” of the Communist Party. According to the official statistics (which offers only the minimal data), there were 4.308.487 persons convicted for anti-Soviet actions and 835.194 from those persons were convicted to death.