[2] See also: Dina Khapaeva, Gothic Society. Morphology of a Nightmare, Moscow: New Literary Review 2007/ 2008 (in Russian)
[3] Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the NKVD (Cheka) – ed.
[4] Another recent example of a positive representation of the Cheka is Bro's Wanderings by Vladimir Sorokin, a cult author of post-Soviet fantasy. The action of the novel takes place in post-revolutionary Russia, where Cheka officers are the protagonist's "brothers", supporting him in his mission to destroy mankind and human civilization.