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    Military counterintelligence of the Soviet Army
    Directorate of GPU NKVD RSFSR, Особый отдел СОУ (Секретно-оперативное управление) ГПУ, July 1922 Special Department of OGPU, Особый отдел ОГПУ, September 1930 4th...
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    Okhrana
    to the integration of security forces. From 1898 the Special Section (Особый отдел) of the Department of Police succeeded the Gendarmes in the role of gaining...
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    Military history of the Soviet Union
    maintained control over the counterintelligence Special Departments (Особый отдел) that existed at all larger military formations. The best known was SMERSH...
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    Central Committee of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
    22 June 2015. Staff writer. "Секретно-оперативный отдел - Бюро Секретариата - Секретный отдел - Особый сектор ЦК РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС" [Secret Operations...
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  • Central Committee of the 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
    18 June 2015. Staff writer. "Секретно-оперативный отдел - Бюро Секретариата - Секретный отдел - Особый сектор ЦК РКП(б) - ВКП(б) - КПСС" [Secret Operations...
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