| Secret police rise towards the top |
The Times Mephisto |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Organisation also called the Joint State Political Directorate that formed the Soviet secret police from 1923-34 (inits) |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Go up, up, up in the old Russian secret police |
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| The secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934 |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
18 May 2020 |
| Soviet secret police from 1923 to 1934 |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
05 May 2019 |
| Russian secret police from 1923 to 1934 |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
05 Apr 2015 |
| KGB predecessor |
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| K.G.B. predecessor |
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| Forerunner of the K.G.B. |
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| KGB predecessor |
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| Lenin's police org. |
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| Soviet secret police, once |
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| KGB forerunner |
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| KGB forerunner |
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| KGB forerunner |
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| Old Soviet secret police org. |
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| Forerunner of the NKVD and KGB |
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| Old Russian secret-police org. |
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| Lenin's police org. |
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| N.K.V.D. forerunner |
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| Former U.S.S.R. secret police |
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| Pre-K.G.B. group |
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| N.K.V.D.'s predecessor |
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| N.K.V.D. predecessor |
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| N.K.V.D. antecedent |
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| Cheka's successor |
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| Soviet police before N.K.V.D. |
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| Stalin's secret police |
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| Russian secret police: 1922–35 |
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| Russian police |
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| U.S.S.R. police |
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| Russian secret police |
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| Kremlin police |
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| Soviet secret service, 1922–34. |
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| Fearsome initials, now MVD. |
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| Soviet police initials |
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| Soviet secret service. |
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| Gay-pay-oo. |
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| Forerunner of NKVD and MVD. |
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| Soviet secret service, before 1935. |
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| Forerunner of the feared N. K. V. D., Russian secret police. |
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| Former initials of M.V.D. |
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| NKVD succeeded this. |
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| A predecessor of N. K. V. D. |
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| Secret police. |
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| Former Russian police group. |
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| Former Russian police. |
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| NKVD's former monogram. |
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| Soviet secret police, 1922. |
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| Monogram of secret police. |
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| Feared initials of 1922–34. |
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| Successor to the Cheka. |
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| Gay-Pay-Oo. |
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| Predecessor of NKVD. |
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| Predecessor of MVD. |
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