An impressive panorama of the early stage of Soviet reality

Abstract

The review analyzes the monograph by A. P. Sheksheev “The Bodies of the Cheka/GPU/OGPU and the Bolshevik Transformation of Society. The Unknown History of the Yenisei Siberia”, published by the Minusinsk Regional Museum of Local Lore in 1921. It examines the author’s study of the main stages in the history of the Soviet state security agencies in this region during the stated period which played one of the key roles in the implementation of the policy of the Communist Party. The review highlights the advantages and disadvantages of the monograph and its contribution to the study of the activities of the Cheka, GPU and OGPU in the Yenisei region during the Civil War, the New Economic Policy, Industrialization and Collectivization in the Soviet state.