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Extraordinary Commission (other)
Extraordinary Commission or Emergency Commission most often refers to: Organisations * The ''Commission extraordinaire des Douze'' or Extraordinary Commission of Twelve, which prosecuted political conspirators in France during 1793 * A literal translation of the Russian language term Чрезвычайная Комиссия (''Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya'', Extraordinary/Emergency Commission), which had the Cyrillic initials ЧК (''ChK'') pronounced ''tche-ka'', such as: ** The '' Cheka'', a colloquial name for the Soviet secret police from 1918 as well as national affiliates such as: *** The All-Ukrainian Extraordinary Commission (''VUChK'') in 1918–1922 ** The Soviet Extraordinary State Commission (''ChGK'') of 1942–1947, which investigated war crimes committed by Axis forces Other uses * A commission (document) A commission is a formal document issued to appoint a named person to high office or as a commissioned officer in a territory's armed forces. A commission c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission Of Twelve
{{Use dmy dates, date=July 2020 During the French Revolution, the Extraordinary Commission of Twelve (''Commission extraordinaire des Douze'') was a commission of the French National Convention charged with finding and trying conspirators. It was known for short as the Commission of Twelve and its formation led to the revolt of 2 June 1793, the fall of the Girondins and the start of the Reign of Terror. History Formation Since the convention's formation, the Girondists and Montagnards had competed to dominate it. The Montagnards had been able to set up the Extraordinary criminal tribunal on 10 March 1793 and the Committee of Public Safety on 6 April the same year. Attacked on all sides by a majority of the 48 revolutionary sections of Paris, by the Paris Commune and by the Club des Jacobins, the Girondist assembly feared for its safety and on 18 May decreed the creation of an extraordinary committee of twelve men known as the Commission of Twelve to contain the attacks. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheka
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə), abbreviated as VChK ( rus, ВЧК, p=vɛ tɕe ˈka), and commonly known as Cheka ( rus, Чека, p=tɕɪˈka; from the initialism russian: ЧК, ChK, label=none), was the first of a succession of Soviet secret-police organizations. Established on December 5 ( Old Style) 1917 by the Sovnarkom, it came under the leadership of Felix Dzerzhinsky, a Polish aristocrat-turned- Bolshevik. By late 1918, hundreds of Cheka committees had sprung up in the RSFSR at the oblast, guberniya, raion, uyezd, and volost levels. Ostensibly set up to protect the revolution from reactionary forces, i.e., "class enemies" such as the bourgeoisie and members of the clergy, it soon became the repression tool against all political opponents of the communist regime. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Ukrainian Extraordinary Commission
{{History of State Security of Ukraine All-Ukrainian Extraordinary Commission ( uk, italic=yes, Всеукраїнська надзвичайна комісія, ВУНК; russian: italic=yes, Всеукраинская чрезвычайная комиссия, ВУЧК) was a Soviet secret police and an affiliation of the Russian Cheka. It was also known as ''VUChK'' to distinguish it from its Russian version - ''VChK''. As its parent organization, VUChK was a Bolshevik penal agency that was effectively used to establish ''"Dictatorship of the proletariat"'' and was closely associated with the Red Terror. The commission was created on December 3, 1918, in Kursk and was subordinated to the Provisional Workers-Peasants Government of Ukraine. To accomplish its task under VUChK and local extraordinary commissions were created military formations. Until 1920 it was controlled by the Narkom of Justice and the Supreme Socialist Inspection, after 1920 by the Narkom of Workers Peasants In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraordinary State Commission
The Extraordinary State Commission for the Establishment and Investigation of the Atrocities of the German Fascist Invaders and Their Accomplices and the Damage They Caused to Citizens, Collective Farms, Public Organizations, State Enterprises and Institutions of the USSR (ChGK) was the state commission of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War (also known as the Eastern Front of World War II). The commission was formed by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on November 2, 1942. The decree stipulated that the task of the ChGK was to "take full account of the villainous crimes of the Nazis and the damage they caused to Soviet citizens and the socialist state, to establish the identity of the German fascist criminals with the aim of bringing them to trial and severe punishment; unification and coordination of the work already carried out by the Soviet state bodies in this area." History The Commission's full ceremonial name was Extraordinary State Commis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
