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Examples
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It's all there: Lenin's corrupt anti-corruption police, the cheka.
May Day Mourning, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Of course we knew nothing, because we had no. newspaper or telegrams or letters, but our cheka was not a Bolshevik and he became our friend and wanted to save our lives.
Out Of My Life 1929
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There was a poor fellow there, an Englishman who, while not actually in jail, was heavily chaperoned by the cheka -- the Secret Service.
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Being of a curious disposition he inquired and discovered that this telegram had gone to the cipher department of the cheka.
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I don't want be alarmist, and certainly a vanguard based on la mode could never be as dangerous as one based on the cheka, but either way, turning a text like The Coming
Sketchy Thoughts 2010
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Carta Top 10 Komentator Bulan Ini: nona (25) cheka (14)
Teater Budiey 2010
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There is a concept ye cheka ukama that people do not understand.
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