Counter-Revolutionary Emergency Commission

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State Counter-Revolutionary Emergency Commission
Государственная Контрреволюционная Чрезвычайная Комиссия
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