title: Extraordinary commission
text: # Extraordinary commission
  
  Extraordinary Commission or Emergency Commission most often refers to:
  
  ## Organisations
  
  * The Commission extraordinaire des Douze or Extraordinary Commission of Twelve, which prosecuted political conspirators in France during 1793
  * A literal translation of the Russian language term Чрезвычайная Комиссия (Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya, Extraordinary/Emergency Commission), which had the Cyrillic initials ЧК (ChK) pronounced tche-ka, such as:
     * The Cheka, a colloquial name for the Soviet secret police from 1918 as well as national affiliates such as:
        * The All-Ukrainian Extraordinary Commission (VUChK) in 1918–1922
     * The Soviet Extraordinary State Commission (ChGK) of 1942–1947, which investigated war crimes committed by Axis forces
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * A commission (document) affirming the appointment of a particular person as a government official or military officer, under extraordinary or emergency conditions
  