The secret police set up by the Bolsheviks to punish those who criticised them was first known by which name?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Cheka
The Bolshevik secret police was first called the Cheka, and later the OGPU and NKVD. The Gestapo and SS were Nazi German forces, and the Okhrana was the secret police of the Tsars.