State Political Directorate
Soviet national security agency (1922–1923) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The State Political Directorate (also translated as the State Political Administration) (GPU) was the intelligence service and secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from February 6, 1922, to December 29, 1922, and the Soviet Union from December 29, 1922, until November 15, 1923.
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(GPU pri NKVD RSFSR) | |
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Formed | February 6, 1922; 102 years ago (February 6, 1922) |
Preceding agency | |
Dissolved | November 15, 1923; 100 years ago (November 15, 1923) |
Superseding agency | |
Type | Secret police |
Headquarters | Lubyanka Square, Moscow |
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Parent agency | Council of the People's Commissars |
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