THE reorganization of the Soviet political police, the OGPU, and its virtual transformation into a Commissariat for Internal Affairs which does not possess the right to pronounce summary death ...

For decades, Moscow has sought to silence its critics abroad From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or the names of any of its successor ...

Following the attempt to assassinate Premier Mussolini a fortnight ago (TiME, Nov. 8) his adherents staged demonstrations of almost fanatical devotion to II Duce throughout Italy last week. At ...

Reilly marries Pepita and seeks revenge for the death of his best friend, Boris Savinkov. 1925: Reilly marries Pepita and seeks revenge on the Cheka-backed Trust for the death of his best friend ...

The Soviet Union's all-embracing police system had its origin about 35 years ago as an extraordinary emergency commission, called the Cheka, to combat sabotage and counter-revolutionary ...

Librarian Tetiana Pylypets, 50, hugs a photo of fallen combat medic Iryna “Cheka” Tsybukh during ChekaFest in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Anastasiia Smolienko / The Kyiv Independent) ...