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Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies
There was a succession of
Soviet secret police agencies
over time. The first
secret police
after the
Russian Revolution
, created by
Vladimir Lenin
's decree on December 20, 1917, was called "
Cheka
" (ЧК). Officers were referred to as "chekists", a name that is still informally applied to people under the
Federal Security Service
of
Russia
, the
KGB
's successor in Russia after the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
.
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