Cheka

From the Russian pronunciation of ЧК (ČK), abbreviation of Чрезвыча́йная Коми́ссия (Črezvyčájnaja Komíssija, “extraordinary commission”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛkə/

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the Cheka

1. (historical) The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.

• Tcheka

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Cheka (plural Chekas)

1. An agent of this organization; a Chekist.
   • 2015, Vladimir N. Brovkin, Behind the Front Lines of the Civil War:

     Furthermore, in order to eliminate friction between the ECs of soviets and the Chekas in the provinces, Dzerzhinsky was appointed people's commissar of internal affairs […]

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