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The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
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Left SR uprising
1918 anti-Bolshevik uprising by the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party
The Left SR uprising, or Left SR revolt, was a rebellion against the Bolsheviks by the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party in Moscow, Soviet Russia, on 6–7 July 1918. It was one of a number of left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks that took place during the Russian Civil War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wilhelm von Mirbach
German diplomat (1871–1918)
Wilhelm Maria Theodor Ernst Richard Graf von Mirbach-Harff was a German diplomat. He was assassinated while ambassador to Russia.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cheka
Soviet secret police (1917–1922)
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission, abbreviated as VChK, and commonly known as the Cheka, was the first Soviet secret police organization. It was established on 20 December [O.S. 7 December] 1917 by the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, and was led by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)