The Cheka, G.P.U. and O.G.P.U.: Bolshevism's early secret police.(All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-revolution and Sabotage, State Political Directorate, and Unified State Political Directorate)

From: National Observer - Australia and World Affairs | Date: December 22, 2001| Author: Stove, R.J. | Copyright information

Less than a year after the Bolshevik Revolution had propelled Lenin from obscure exile to supreme rule of Russia, the first truly major figure in Soviet surveillance, Felix Edmondovich Dzerzhinsky, delivered himself of a statement remarkable for its frankness: (1) 

 
   "We stand for organised terror ... Terror is an absolute necessity during 
   times of revolution ... The Cheka is obliged to defend the revolution and 
   conquer the enemy even if its sword does by chance s...

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