State Political Directorate
The State Political Directorate (also translated as the State Political Administration) (GPU) was the intelligence service and secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from February 6, 1922, to December 29, 1922, and the Soviet Union from December 29, 1922, until November 15, 1923.
| (GPU pri NKVD RSFSR) | |
Honorary Cheka-GPU agent badge (15th Anniversary of the Cheka foundation) | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | February 6, 1922 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | November 15, 1923 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Type | Secret police |
| Headquarters | Lubyanka Square, Moscow |
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| Parent agency | Council of the People's Commissars |
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