Объединённое государственное политическое управление при СНК СССР

  • The Joint State Political Directorate
  • The All-Union State Political Administration
  • Obyedinyonnoye gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravleniye pri SNK SSSR
  • ОГПУ
  • OGPU
Identifier
001385
Dates
1922-1934
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

The OGPU was the secret police of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1934. Its official name was "Joint State Political Directorate under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR"

Places

  • Soviet Union

    Moscow

Sources

  • Adelman, Jonathan R.: Terror and Communist Politics. The Role of the Secret Police in Communist States, Boulder, Co. 1984.