Permanent historical factsheet

OGPU

Name: OGPU – Russia factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1922Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1922

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin1922

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

The Secret Police, Cheka, becomes the OGPU

Names involved

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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