Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies to operate as well. Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies <br> There was a succession of Soviet secret police agencies over time. The first secret police after the October Revolution, created by Vladimir Lenin's decree on December 20, 1917, was called "Cheka" (ЧК). Officers were referred to as "chekists", a name that is still informally applied to people under the Federal Security Service of Russia, the KGB's successor in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. For most agencies listed here secret policing operations were only part of their function; for instance, the KGB was both the secret police
Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police free press you’ll ever read." Marc Hudson in "Peace News" advised "activists really must read this book. They should share it, discuss it and learn from it". The book was also featured in a piece in the "London Review of Books". Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police is a 2012 book by "The Guardian" journalists Rob Evans and Paul Lewis. The book investigates the infiltration of political activist groups in the United Kingdom by police forces, such as the Metropolitan Police. Groups targeted included those of the revolutionary left, far-right,