Word: cheka
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Baltic states and has in this way reached very sane conclusions as to the character of the Bolsheviks. One of the most dramatic incidents was his appearance before "Simanova, the Merciless", the most dreaded woman in all Russia and chief of the foreign division of the Cheka, the secret society whose acts of terrorism have horrified the world. "You must always lie in the Cheka", said Mr. Eaton, "for if you tell the truth they will take...
...most interesting incidents during his stay in Russia which he will relate will be his appearance before the most dreaded woman in all Russia, called by her followers "Sinova, "the Merciless." As chief of the foreign division of the Cheka, a secret society which has perpetrated many acts of terrorism, she has made her name one of the most feared in Russia...
Said Cyril: "The Cheka's attempt to repress opposition will be accompanied by a new reign of terror in Russia, but it is too late. The seed of discontent is sown, and 85% of the population are tired of Bolshevism. A revolt against the Soviet is a question of only a short time. . . . The people have suffered enough and both laborers and peasants are longing for a new regime. There will be shooting without discrimination again, but the spirit of revolt will conquer in the end. I am convinced, after reports from the most reliable agents inside Russia, that...
Another significant appointment was that of M. Dzerzhinsky, creator and chief of the Cheka, who became head of the Supreme Council of National Economy in the place of M. Rykov...
...midnight an armored car and two lorries full of men halted opposite the palatial country residence of M. Trotsky outside Moscow. The men descended, marched to the big iron gates and demanded to be admitted "in the name of the Cheka." Trotsky's guards refused to open the gates; the men from the Cheka blew them up. Inside the grounds, however, they were confronted with barbed wire entanglements and a chain of concrete "pill boxes." Fire was opened, two Cheka men dropped dead; the remainder took cover; communications were cut. Meanwhile, one of Trotsky's soldiers had climbed...