The Secret of PowerIn December 1917 the Cheka became the gravedigger of all those who opposed the will of the Communist Party during the Russian Revolution. Originally established as temporary institutions to be abolished once Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks had consolidated their power, they soon acquired powers of summary justice and began a campaign of terror against the propertied classes and enemies of Bolshevism. Although many Bolsheviks viewed the checka with hatred and spoke out against its excesses ("Revelations from the Russian Archive"), Stalin's continued use of the secret police allowed him to control all aspects of Soviet life and was considered crucial for the survival of the regime. new regime. Along the stairs of the infamous Lubyanka building, located in the center of Moscow, thousands of people were led to their deaths by the organization that efficiently and relentlessly promotes the cause of the Communist Party. Originally called Checka and led by its first leader, a friend and colleague of Lenin named Felix E Dzerzhinsky ("Stalin's secret police: I"). In this period the rule of law has been replaced by the rule of force and justice comes out of the barrel of a gun. Everywhere I turned there was the secret police, or formally known as The Cheka. No one was exempt from their power. Rich or poor, man or woman, civilian and even politician could not escape as the prisons swelled. The young and ambitious Stalin saw the Cheka as the key to power. And he makes every effort to control it. Faced with unemployment, Dzerzhinsky and the Cheka leadership gravitated towards Stalin because only Stalin offered a future in which the secret police would continue to fight enemies at home and abroad (Ra...... middle of paper ... ...et police"). During the 1930s those for sins created the USSR against Stalin. Joseph Stalin believed that his power might be in danger, so, in 1936, he took his first steps to purge the country by the anti-Soviet people. In 1995, a year after Stalin's death, the KGB was formed when Beria and his subordinates were purged from the intelligence agencies. Over the next 35 years, the KGB became the largest secret intelligence and pleasure of the Union world until its collapse in 1991 ("Stalin's Spies and the Secret Police"). In conclusion, in order to control all Soviet life, Stalin used the controlling nature of the secret police with its numerous tactics and games of to be able to rise up and make one's way with force to power. Without the secret police Stalin would be. I was as powerful as he was?