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What was the function of the secret police in the Soviet Union?

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Joseph Stalin and Lavrenti Beria, a Soviet political leader and official in the secret police during the Stalin era of leadership, enjoying a rest at a dacha (a Russian country cottage). After Stalin's death in 1953 the loyal Beria was purged from the Communist Party and power and later executed
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The secret police attempted to identify citizens who opposed the Communist Party and who could undermine it.
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