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OGPU

  [og-poo]
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–noun
(in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923–1934).
Also, Ogpu.
Compare Cheka, KGB.

Origin:
< Russ Ógpu, for Obʾʾedinënnoe gosudárstvennoe politícheskoe upravlénie Unified State Political Directorate
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OGPU
Russian Ob"edinennoe Gosudarstvennoe Politcheskoe Upravlenie (United State Political Administration)
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