THE "OLD" AND "NEW" IN THE BODIES OF THE ALL-RUSSIAN EXTRAORDINARY COMMISSION
The article analyzes the relationship between the old and the new in the organs of the All-Russian extraordinary commission (Cheka), as this problem is the most acute in the domestic historiography. The author shows the presence of ambiguity in the assessment of the Cheka as a new phenomenon in the history of the state security. On the basis of the source base, a new organization of the Cheka was noted, on the one hand, and, on the other, the use of the Security Department of the Russian Empire in its work. As a result, on the basis of the concept of continuity, the formula of a combination of the "old" and the "new" in the organs of the Cheka was derived.