GPU
General Postal Union. See Universal Postal Union.
Definition for gpu (2 of 2)
GPU
or G.P.U.
[ gey-pey-oo, jee-pee-yoo ]
/ ˈgeɪˌpeɪˈu, ˈdʒiˌpiˈyu /
(in the Soviet Union) the secret-police organization (1922–23) functioning under the NKVD.
Origin of GPU
< Russian
G(osudárstvennoe)
p(olitícheskoe)
u(pravlénie) state political directorate
British Dictionary definitions for gpu
GPU
abbreviation for
State Political Administration; the Soviet police and secret police from 1922 to 1923
Word Origin for GPU
from Russian
Gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravlenie