why was the Cheka important in Mussolini becoming dictator?

Question

mussolini had a secret force called the cheka who intimdated and killed his oppostion but why would it be important in him becoming the dictator?

Mussolini named his secret police service after the Russian Cheka. whenever I google it, it comes up with information on the russian cheka which is why im using yahoo answers :(. thanks for your help though

Answer 1

Mussolini not only coined the term "totalitarian" - he tried his best to live it too. Mussolini did have his very own political police, modelled on the Cheka (Russia's forerunner of the KGB) and called the 'CONRA.'

Without political opponents, and with pseudo-elections, dictators achieve and stay in power in the form of "popular" but legally unrestrained governments.

Answer 2

The full name of the agency was The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage) (Russian: Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией и саботажем), but was commonly abbreviated to Cheka or VCheka. In 1918 its name was slightly altered, becoming All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Profiteering and Corruption.

A member of Cheka was called a chekist. Chekists of the post-October Revolution years wore leather jackets creating a fashion followed by Western communists; they are pictured in several films in this apparel. Despite name and organisational changes over time, Soviet secret policemen were commonly referred to as "Chekists" throughout the entire Soviet period and the term is still found in use in Russia today (for example, President Vladimir Putin has been referred to in the Russian media as a "chekist" due to his career in the KGB).

Answer 3

The Cheka was the first secret police force for the Bolsheviks. You have your countries mixed up there sport.