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| (GPU pri NKVD RSFSR) | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | February 6, 1922 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | November 15, 1923 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Type | Secret police |
| Headquarters | Lubyanka Square, Moscow |
| Agency executive | |
| Parent agency | NKVD |
The State Political Directorate (Russian: Государственное политическое управление, romanized: Gosudarstvennoye politicheskoye upravleniye), abbreviated as GPU (Russian: ГПУ), was the secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from February 1922 to November 1923. It was the immediate successor of the Cheka, and was replaced by the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU).