Chekists reportedly poured water on naked prisoners in the winter-bound streets until they became living ice statues.

After 1922, Cheka groups underwent a series of reorganizations, with the NKVD, into bodies whose members continued to be referred to as " Chekisty " ( Chekists ) into the late 1980s.

With Vladimir Putin's rise to power, the reference to the FSB members as " Chekists " arose, particularly by Putin's political opponents, often with negative connotations.

As a result of this relentless violence more than a few Chekists ended up with psychopathic disorders, which Nikolai Bukharin said were " an occupational hazard of the Chekist profession.

* 1918 – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

* Chekists in Cassocks: The Orthodox Church and the KGB-by Keith Armes.

" He maintained that his previous confession had been obtained under torture, but admitted that he purged 14, 000 of his fellow Chekists stating that he was surrounded by " enemies of the people.

For about a month they dragged me through woods and took me to farms that were owned by the relatives of Forest Brothers, and they sent me in as an instigator to ask for food and shelter while the Chekists themselves waited outside.

It was commonly contrasted with the stolid stocky conservative and well-meaning John Bull, dressed like an English country squire.

A buffalo robe, made from the hide of an American bison dressed with the hair on, was sometimes used as a carriage robe ; it was commonly trimmed to rectangular shape and lined on the skin side with fabric.

The stereotypical mountain man has been depicted as dressed in buckskin and a coonskin cap, sporting bushy facial hair and carrying a Hawken rifle and Bowie knife, commonly referred to as a " scalpin ' knife.

Although it is commonly referred to as a full-length album, lead vocalist and co-founder Amy Lee refers to it as a " dressed up " demo CD, and urges fans to simply download the album, rather than purchase it.

vary, but all are dressed either in long robes or ( less commonly ) long dresses, covered from head to feet with only the face and hands showing.

* Joly, dressed in authentic costumes, would walk up to people sitting at a table or bench, often outside a restaurant, and offer ( usually in a mock-foreign accent and broken English ) to perform some form of entertainment, most commonly play a musical instrument, sing or perform a dance.

Other commonly reported behaviors include holding full and life like conversations with imagined people, finishing a complex, multi-stage action ( such as getting dressed ) and then suddenly discovering you had not even begun yet, and being unable to recognize one's own reflection in a mirror.

Its most formidable edifice, commonly referred to as the Great Enclosure, has dressed stone walls as high as extending approximately, making it the largest ancient structure south of the Sahara Desert.

Commercial aircraft cockpit data recorders, commonly known as a “ black box ”, store flight information and audio from the cockpit.

In the first 200 years that black people were in the United States, they commonly referred to themselves as Africans.

Besides the previously mentioned spices, other commonly found spices in different curry powders in India are allspice, white pepper, ground mustard, ground ginger, cinnamon, roasted cumin, cloves, nutmeg, mace, green cardamom seeds or black cardamom pods, bay leaves and coriander seeds.

Cheddar cheese was sometimes ( and still can be found ) packaged in black wax, but was more commonly packaged in larded cloth, which was impermeable to contaminants, but still allowed the cheese to " breathe ", although this practice is now limited to artisan cheese makers.

Modern sets also commonly use a different color for the dots of each different end value ( one-spots might have black pips while two-spots might be green, three red, etc.

* Flight data recorder, a type of flight recorder used to record aircraft and pilot behavior to analyze accidents ( commonly called " black boxes ")

In the SeSotho group of languages spoken in South Africa pushback refers to a combed back hair style, commonly worn by black women with chemically straightened hair ; and stop-nonsense refers to pre-fabricated concrete slabs used as fencing.

The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses were amongst the works that later spread to the countries of Scandinavia, where, in the Danish and Swedish languages, grimoires were known as ' black books ' and were commonly found amongst members of the army.

GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites, the other being the black and white XBM.

By the late 19th century manufacturing focused on standard grades of black powder from Fg used in large bore rifles and shotguns, through FFg ( medium and smallbore arms such as muskets and fusils ), FFFg ( smallbore rifles and pistols ), and FFFFg ( extreme small bore, short pistols and most commonly for priming flintlocks ).

A simple, commonly cited, chemical equation for the combustion of black powder is

Powder is generally of the " smokeless " type in modern cartridges, although on occasion the older " black " powder more commonly known as " gunpowder " may be used.

Though Baldung has been commonly called the Correggio of the north, his compositions are a curious medley of glaring and heterogeneous colours, in which pure black is contrasted with pale yellow, dirty grey, impure red and glowing green.

Hashish may be solid or resinous depending on the preparation ; pressed hashish is usually solid, whereas water-purified hashish — often called " bubble melt hash "— is often a paste-like substance with varying hardness and pliability, its color most commonly light to dark brown but varying toward green, yellow, black or red.

The most commonly encountered Koromo is an Ai Goromo, which is coloured like a Kohaku, except each of the scales within the red patches has a blue or black edge to it.

Some of the fruit notes commonly associated with Merlot include cassis, black and red cherries, blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, mulberry, ollalieberry and plum.

Floral and herbal notes commonly associated with Merlot include green and black tea, eucalyptus, laurel, mint, oregano, pine, rosemary, sage, sarsaparilla and thyme.

* Carbonado, commonly known as " black diamond ," is hypothesized to be of extraterrestrial origin

* Muzzle-loading, a firearms-related term that commonly applies to black powder small arms

He was commonly depicted as a green ( the color of rebirth ) or black ( alluding to the fertility of the Nile floodplain ) complexioned pharaoh, in mummiform ( wearing the trappings of mummification from chest downward ).

It is commonly represented as a yellow ( many other colors are also used ) circle ( or sphere ) with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth.

They are most commonly pink, white, black, or pale tan, although they may be made in specialty colours such as red or blue.

Some other foods and beverages commonly associated with the South are grits, country ham, hushpuppies, Southern styles of succotash, mint juleps, chicken fried steak, buttermilk biscuits ( may be served with gravy or sorghum ), pimento cheese, boiled or baked sweet potatoes, pit barbecue ( especially ribs ), fried catfish, fried green tomatoes, bread pudding, okra ( steamed, stewed, sauteed, or pickled ), butter beans, pinto beans, and black eyed peas.

The ship contained Xylene, a clear, flammable liquid commonly used as a solvent in rubber, leather and the printing industries.

Leather handles are typically produced by stacking leather washers, or less commonly, as a sleeve surrounding another handle material.

There are two other types of leather commonly used in specialty products, such as briefcases, wallets, and luggage:

It is commonly found in wallets, toiletry kits, and other personal leather goods.

These machetes are occasionally provided with a simple cord loop as a sort of lanyard, and a canvas scabbard — although in some regions where machetes are valuable, commonly used tools, the users may make decorative leather scabbards for them.

Domesticated pigs are commonly raised as livestock by farmers for meat ( generally called pork, hams, gammon or bacon ), as well as for leather.

Old school rappers like Afrika Bambaataa and Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five tended to dress in the flashy attire that was commonly attributed to rock and disco acts of the era: tight leather, chest-baring shirts, gloves and hats with rhinestones and spikes, leather boots, etc.

The majority of dress shoes have an upper covering, commonly made of leather, enclosing most of the lower foot, but not covering the ankles.

There are many different shapes and sizes available, and they may be made of a variety of materials, but commonly they are made of leather, neoprene, Cordura, or may even be home-made out of cotton and duct tape.

In later centuries vellum has been more commonly used like leather, that is, as the covering for stiff board bindings.

HP inks contain sulfonated polyazo black dye ( commonly used for dying leather ), nitrates and other compounds.

Rings can be made of a variety of different materials, most commonly leather, rubber, or silicone, though nylon and metal are also used either as the main component or part of the closure.

Early fire hose was fabricated of leather, fastened together with copper rivets and washers and, as can be imagined, it was heavy, stiff, and commonly leaked.

Suede is a type of leather with a napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, shirts, purses, furniture and other items.

Suede leather is made from the underside of the skin, primarily lamb, although goat, pig, calf and deer are commonly used.

Examples are: leather handbags from the 50s, " bell-bottom jeans ", big sunglasses, fedoras, funky jackets ( commonly Adidas Classics ) and shoes, small neckties, chiffon scarves, sport equipment, skinny jeans etc.

He is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, red and dark green striped sweater, brown fedora, and trademark metal-clawed brown leather glove on his right hand.

Slip collars ( commonly called choke chain or check chains ) are made of metal links or rolled material such as nylon or leather.

The smaller and less-commercialized but also leather subculture-oriented Up Your Alley Fair ( commonly referred to as the Dore Alley Fair ) is also held in the neighborhood, in late July on Folsom between 9th and 10th streets and in Dore Alley between Folsom and Howard.

The kitchen cutting board is commonly used in preparing food ; other types exist for cutting raw materials such as leather or plastic.

* Short, soft, braided leather leash with a loop handle and a clip to attach to the collar, usually about 4 feet in length, commonly used during obedience training.

Shell cordovan ( or cordovan ) is a type of leather commonly used in shoemaking.

The padding is commonly polyurethane foam, while the surface is commonly either polyvinyl chloride ( PVC ) or leather in the case of luxury models.