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OGPU

OGPU proper noun: the Joint State Political Directorate (Russian: Объединённое государственное политическое управление), the intelligence and state security service and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934.

Proper noun

OGPU

  1. (historical) The Joint State Political Directorate (Russian: Объединённое государственное политическое управление), the intelligence and state security service and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934.

Questions about OGPU

What does OGPU mean?
OGPU means the Joint State Political Directorate (Russian: Объединённое государственное политическое управление), the intelligence and state security service and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1934.
What part of speech is OGPU?
OGPU is a proper noun.

Words near OGPU in the dictionary

  1. ogonori
  2. Ogooué
  3. Ogopogo
  4. Ogossagou
  5. Ogowe
  6. OGPU
  7. Ogra
  8. ogre
  9. ogreish
  10. ogreishly
  11. ogreism

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