Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2017. № 1 (21). P. 95—104

07.00.00 HISTORICAL SCIENCES AND ARCHEOLOGY

UDC 94(47)“1918/1922”+351.746.1

Kobeleva Ekaterina Arkadievna, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor
Perm State Agricultural Academy n. a. Academician D. N. Pryanishnikov

STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ORENBURG SECURITY BODIES (1918 — EARLY 1922)

Abstract

The article is devoted to problems of formation of state security system — bodies of Cheka (All-Russian Special Commission for Combating counter-revolution, Sabotage, and Speculation) — in the Orenburg province. In 1918 — early 1922 the Cheka leadership searched for new structural forms, which allowed effective response to the challenges of the times. Some problems have a different interpretation in the historiography. The most active changes occurred in 1920. The first and the second reform of Cheka were implemented, as well as their reorganization into the State Political Directorate. The specificity of the Orenburg province was mainly associated with the administrative changes. This has led to the parallel existence of multiple security structures in the territory under consideration.

Key words

Security bodies, bodies of Cheka, Cheka, state security, Orenburg Province, Southern Urals.

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