Where does “чеки́ст” come from?
чеки́ст (Russian) comes from Russian Чека́, from Russian ЧК, from Russian Всеросси́йская чрезвыча́йная коми́ссия — All-Russian Extraordinary Commission.
чеки́ст (Russian): Chekist; an agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD
Definitions
- Chekist; an agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD
Ancestry of “чеки́ст”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Чека́ | — |
| 2 | Russian | ЧК | Cheka forerunner of the KGB |
| 3 | Russian | Всеросси́йская чрезвыча́йная коми́ссия | All-Russian Extraordinary Commission |