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 When the Soviet ran Russia, the Soviet Secret Police were Stalin's personal security force. Another name for the secret police was Militia. The Secret Police were known as the communist parties secret watch dog. The Russian communist used the soviet secret police. They used them to scare and get rid of political rivals, after a surprisingly great political resolution. At its peak, the secret police had more then 480,000 personnel and 200,000 soldiers in the boarder guard. The Soviet Secret Police worked with more force, then regular police. The reason they were not only traditional police, but were also given much more power and unsupervised control. This lead to more potential for serious abuses, until the country fell apart in 1991-1992. The Secret Police was compared to the united state's CIA. In animal farm the soviet secret police are represented by the dogs, whose job is to protect napoleon who represents Stalin, and animal farm represents Russia, and the idea of animal ism created by old major represents communism created by Karl Marx. All of the other characters in animal farm represent other key figures in the Russian revolution. Mr Jones the farmer represents Czar Nicholas II, and snow ball represents Leon Trotsky. Squealer the pig represents the propaganda department of Stalin’s government. Mollie the horse represents the selfish people of Russia. Boxer the horse represents the dedicated, but tricked communist supporters. And last but not least Benjamin the donkey represents the skeptical people in Russia.



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