OGPU
or Og·pu
[ og-poo ]
/ ˈɒg pu /
noun
(in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923–1934).
Origin of OGPU
< Russian
Ógpu, for
Obʾʾedinënnoe gosudárstvennoe politícheskoe upravlénie Unified State Political Directorate
British Dictionary definitions for ogpu
Ogpu
/ (ˈɒɡpuː) /
noun
the Soviet police and secret police from 1923 to 1934
Word Origin for Ogpu
C20: from Russian
O (
byedinyonnoye)
g (
osudarstvennoye)
p (
oliticheskoye)
u (
pravleniye) United State Political Administration