Cheka

Soviet politician and NKVD police chief

The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission, abbreviated as VChK (), and commonly known as the Cheka (), was the first Soviet secret police organization. It was established on by the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, and was led by Felix Dzerzhinsky. By the end of the Russian Civil War in 1922, the Cheka had at least 200,000 personnel.

Soviet politician (1895–1975)

Soviet Ukrainian politician (1890-1937)

Ukrainian writer and poet

Chief executioner of Tsar Nicholas II (1878–1938)

Soviet jurist of Baltic German origin (1889–1951)

Soviet politician, historian (1899-1983)

Estonian communist and writer (1884-1937)

Ukrainian revolutionary and political leader (1872–1933)

Russian revolutionary (1884–1930)

Russian revolutionary (1876-1947)

Russian businessman (1883–1960)

Soviet general (1896-1967)

Soviet partisan and hero (1898–1954)

NKVD officer (1893—1937)

Soviet spy and defector (1895–1937)

Soviet diplomat (1880–1969)

OGPU agent (1902-2006)

Soviet secret police official (1892-1940)

Soviet diplomat and intelligence chief (1888–1938)

Polish politician (1890-1937)

Soviet military leader (1883–1932)

NKVD officer (1901-1963)

Soviet ingelligence officer (1897-1941)

Romanian political adventurer

Soviet politician (1884-1936)

Russian activist

Soviet intelligence officer