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The '''Counter-Revolutionary Emergency Commission''' (Russian: Контрреволюционная Чрезвычайная Комиссия), abbreviated as '''KChK''' or '''CEC''', was a self-proclaimed political body in the [[Soviet Union (SovAm)|Soviet Union]]
The '''Counter-Revolutionary Emergency Commission''' (Russian: Контрреволюционная Чрезвычайная Комиссия), abbreviated as '''KChK''' or '''CEC''', was a self-proclaimed political body in the [[Soviet Union (SovAm)|Soviet Union]] that existed from 2 April 1986 to 14 June 1994. It included multiple high-level Soviet officials from the Communist Party, KGB and the Soviet government who successfully won the Second Russian Civil War and carried out the assassination of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. The organization was disbanded after the end of the Civil War in 1994 and it's members were incorporated into Yanayev's Administration.
 
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Revision as of 13:35, 18 June 2024

State Counter-Revolutionary Emergency Commission
Государственная Контрреволюционная Чрезвычайная Комиссия
Yazov CEC.jpeg
Dmitry Yazov directing a press conference with other members of the CEC behind him in 1991
AbbreviationCEC
SuccessorYanayev Administration
FormationApril 2, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-04-02)
FounderGennady Yanayev
DissolvedJune 14, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-06-14)
TypeSelf-proclaimed provisional government
Legal statusDisbanded at the end of the Second Russian Civil War
PurposeTo prevent the total collapse of the Soviet Union, the prevention of Gorbachev's reforms and the removal of Gorbachev.
HeadquartersKremlin
Region
Soviet Union
Membership (1994)
21,000,000
Official language
Russian
General Secretary
Gennady Yanayev

The Counter-Revolutionary Emergency Commission (Russian: Контрреволюционная Чрезвычайная Комиссия), abbreviated as KChK or CEC, was a self-proclaimed political body in the Soviet Union that existed from 2 April 1986 to 14 June 1994. It included multiple high-level Soviet officials from the Communist Party, KGB and the Soviet government who successfully won the Second Russian Civil War and carried out the assassination of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. The organization was disbanded after the end of the Civil War in 1994 and it's members were incorporated into Yanayev's Administration.