Category:Cheka

The Cheka (1917−1922) — the first of a succession of Russian−Soviet state security organizations, founded during the Russian Revolution by Vladimir Lenin.

v t e Secret police agencies in the Eastern Bloc
Gulag Iron Curtain Telephone tapping in the Eastern Bloc Berlin Wall Inner German border
Soviet Union	Extraordinary Commission (Cheka) State Political Directorate (GPU) Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) Main Directorate of State Security (GUGB) People's Commissariat for State Security (NKGB) Ministry of State Security (MGB) Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) Committee for State Security (KGB)
Albania	Directorate of State Security (Sigurimi)
Bulgaria	Committee for State Security (DS)
Czechoslovakia	State Security (StB)
East Germany	Ministry for State Security (Stasi)
Hungary	State Protection Authority (ÁVH) Ministry of Internal Affairs III
Poland	Ministry of Public Security (UB/MBP) Committee for Public Security (KdsBP) Security Service (SB)
Romania	Department of State Security (Securitate)
Yugoslavia¹	Directorate for State Security (UDBA)
1 the country was not part of the Eastern Bloc after its 1948 split with the USSR