Top 10 Shocking Crimes Of The Soviet Secret Police

The Cheka, GPU, NKVD, MGB, and KGB. These are just a few of the names and acronyms for the same thing: the terrifying secret police apparatus of the Soviet Union. Following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Russia’s Communists used repressive violence to quash any semblance of political resistance.

During this reign of terror, the various secret police organizations of the USSR are believed to have killed tens of millions of Soviet citizens. Under the reign of Joseph Stalin alone, the closest thing to an academic consensus is that 2.9 million people died in the dreadful work camps (known as gulags) or during forced peasant resettlements. Others argue that Stalin’s reign was far bloodier than this, and there is ample evidence to back up this supposition.

However, many people know about Stalin’s crimes. Fewer people know about the crimes committed by the Soviet secret police. Tragically, many of the men who headed the various Soviet agencies were just as bloodthirsty and tyrannical as Lenin or Stalin. The following list hopes to provide a look at just how demonic these men and their actions truly were.

Top 10 Shocking Crimes Of The Soviet Secret Police

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