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Definition of: Cheka
(chā′kä) noun
A Soviet extraordinary commission working as secret police against counter-revolution: superseded by the OGPU in 1922. [<Russian Che C+ Ka K, initials of Chrezvychainaya Komissya extraordinary commission]
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