чеки́ст

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nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
federal agent (fed)

Usage info

The Russian word чеки́ст (chekíst) originally meant a member of the Cheka, the first Soviet secret police organization created after the 1917 revolution.

The Cheka (full name: All-Russian Extraordinary Commission) was founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1917.
Over time, чекист came to mean a member of Soviet or Russian state security services in general — including the NKVD, KGB, and sometimes today’s FSB. Depending on context, it can mean:

Secret police officer
State security operative
Intelligence/security service member

Examples

Его отец служил чекистом в двадцатые годы.
His father served as a Chekist in the 1920s.
Чекисты арестовали подозреваемого ночью.
The Chekists arrested the suspect at night.
В фильме показан суровый чекист старой закалки.
The film portrays a stern, old-school Chekist.

Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	чеки́ст	чеки́сты
Gen.Genitive	чеки́ста	чеки́стов
Dat.Dative	чеки́сту	чеки́стам
Acc.Accusative	чеки́ста	чеки́стов
Inst.Instrumental	чеки́стом	чеки́стами
Prep.Prepositional	чеки́сте	чеки́стах

Word familyчеки́стPRO

чеки́стfederal agent (fed)
nounmasculine
чеки́сткаCheka officer (female); female KGB officer
nounfeminine
чеки́стскийChekist
adjective

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haunter1781 edited usage info 4 months ago.
RandysPudge edited translation 2 years ago.
RandysPudge edited translation 2 years ago.

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agent fed federal