December 20, 1917: Cheka Secret Police Founded

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🗓️ 20 December 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counterrevolution and Sabotage — Cheka for short — was a secret government organization, and precursor to the infamous KGB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.6	Today is Sunday, December 20th, 2020.
0:38.3	On this day in 1917, the first Russian Soviet secret police, known as Cheka, was established.
0:47.3	The force was the precursor to the infamous KGB. Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
1:01.0	Due to the graphic nature of today's story, listener discretion is advised.
1:06.0	This episode includes discussions of crimes against humanity, including torture and mass murder, that some
1:12.3	people may find offensive. We advise extreme caution for children under 13. Today we're covering
1:18.8	the founding and expansion of Cheka, Soviet Russia's first secret police force. Let's go back
1:26.4	to December 20th, 1917, to St. Petersburg, known
1:30.3	at the time as Petrograd.
1:33.3	Outside, brutal winter winds howled against the doors of the new Bolshevik government's
1:48.7	headquarters. Inside, the atmosphere was just as unforgiving. Bolshevik party members and state
1:56.1	reporters shed their coats as they sat packed together in a boiling hot room awaiting the day's speech.
2:03.8	The air was tense with anticipation, and the crowd hummed with rumors.
2:09.0	The October Revolution, just two months before, had brought on wave after wave of massive change.
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