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dec 20, 1917 - Cheka Founded

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The Cheka, later the NKVD and KGB, was founded in late 1917. The Cheka were responsible for the oversight of the prison camps and for law enforcement in the USSR.

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dec 20, 1917
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~ 108 years ago