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Definition of: OGPU
(og′p
) noun
Formerly, the Russian Soviet secret police: superseded by the Narkomvnudel, which was in turn replaced by the MVD. Also called Gay-Pay-Oo. [<Russian O(b'yedinennoye) G(osudarstvennoye) P(oliticheskoye) U(pravlenie) Unified Government Political Administration]
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