The Secret Police

The Secret Police 

Secret Police under Lenin 

• January 1918 Cheka closed down constituent assembly 
• During civil war froze white army members to death and crucified preists, red terror
• 1922 trial of Socialist Revolutionary Leaders, all defendants scentenced to death 
• Mainly surveillance under NEP, GPU surveyed students and intellectuals 
• Reported to central commitee about gambling and drunkenness 

Secret Police under Stalin 

• Yagoda leader of NKVD from 1934, arrested and interrogated Kamenev and ZInoviev 
• Nikolai Yezhov took over in 1936 after Yagoda. purged NKvd…