OGPU
/ˈɒgpuː/(亦作Ogpu)
- an organization for investigating and combating counter-revolutionary activities in the former Soviet Union, existing from 1922 (1922-3 as the GPU) to 1934 and replacing the Cheka. It was absorbed into the NKVD in 1934.国家政治保卫局(前苏联负责调查和惩处反革命活动的组织, 存在于1922-1934年[1922-1923年间称作格伯乌]并取代了肃反委员会, 1934年归入人民内务委员部)。
词源
acronym from Russian Ob"edinënnoe gosudarstvennoe politicheskoe upravlenie 'United State Political Directorate'.