OGPU

OGPU |ˈägˌpo͞o ˌoʊ ˌʤi ˌpi ˈju |(also Ogpu ) an organization for investigating and combating counterrevolutionary activities in the former Soviet Union, existing from 1922 (1922 –23 as the GPU ) to 1934 and replacing the Cheka. It was absorbed into the NKVD in 1934. ORIGIN acronym from Russian Obʺedinënnoe gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie ‘Unified State Political Directorate. ’

OGPU

OGPU (also Ogpu ) an organization for investigating and combating counter-revolutionary activities in the former Soviet Union, existing from 1922 (1922 –3 as the GPU ) to 1934 and replacing the Cheka. It was absorbed into the NKVD in 1934. ORIGIN acronym from Russian Obʺedinënnoe gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie ‘United State Political Directorate ’.