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Cheka

Secret police operating in the USSR between 1917 and 1923. It originated from the tsarist Okhrana (the security police under the tsar from 1881 to 1917), and became successively the OGPU (GPU) (1923–34), NKVD (1934–46), MVD (1946–53), and the KGB from 1954.

The name is formed from the initials che and ka of the two Russian words meaning ‘extraordinary commission’, formed for ‘the repression of counter-revolutionary activities and of speculation’, and extended to cover such matters as espionage and smuggling.
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However, The Cheka returned home sore and Johnson Houghton said on her website: "He has not been completely sound since his last run and it was decided to stop for the year and get him completely sorted out.
The Cheka sidelined; IN BRIEF by The Racing Post (London, England)
EVE JOHNSON Houghton is eyeing a tilt at next month's DFS Park Stakes at Doncaster for The Cheka.
EVE JOHNSONHoughton is eyeing a [...] by The Mirror (London, England)
The Cheka is 50-1 with the sponsors for the Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 2.
On the Rails .. by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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