Extraordinary Commission
# 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
