All over the world, countries have created a type of secret police. The international term secret police can always be applied whether it is the CIA of the United States or the MI6 of Great Britain. As for Russia, the name of the secret police was Cheka. The secret police, the Cheka, was the Bolshevik security force formed in 1917 by Vladimir Lenin. The purpose of this force was to carry out arrests, detentions and executions without legal process. The Cheka regularly used violence and torture in public or private to prove a point to others with the simple thought of going against the Soviet regime. The Cheka was basically a military and security system of the Bolshevik communist government. Lenin and the Bolsheviks From the beginning Lenin believed that Russia did not need to participate in World War I because it was the root cause of Russia's problems. Karl Marx, the father of communism. Lenin believed that a government should truly represent the Russian people, so he aimed to overthrow the Russian government because it was said to be the cause of misery in Russia. After being sent into exile for sedition, Lenin returns to Russia following news of the February Revolution. The revolution was created by the accumulated tension and repression and unrest of Russia over a long period of time. As a result, the Tsar abdicated the Russian Empire and a provisional government was formed. This made Lenin's plan to overthrow the government much easier. The “red” revolution of October 1917 broke out early. The revolution was led by Lenin and the Bolsheviks, who captured the provisional government and appointed themselves leaders. Bolshevik leaders then signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918 with Germany ending ties with… middle of paper… resolved within 24 hours. The Red Terror lasted from September 1918 to October 1918. The mentality of the leaders is led to think that the enemies of the Bolshevik government must be "annihilated". Lenin wrote to Dzerzhinsky that it was necessary to make the opponents of the Bolshevik government "tremble". It is thought that between 10,000 and 15,000 people were summarily executed by the Cheka in areas under Bolshevik control. During this terrible period there were no public trials. Those who sheltered the thousands of deserters from the Red Army were arrested and punished with the nickname "bandits". The Red Terror resulted in the execution of men called bandits. However, the term becomes a one-size-fits-all term to explain the arrest and execution of suspects. This meant that many families suffered as a result of just one family member defying the law. Effect of the Cheka