Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR was the central Soviet state body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and policing across the Soviet Union.

All labels observed (16)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government ministry ⓘ
law enforcement agency ⓘ
state security body ⓘ
abbreviation MVD ⓘ
controlled border internal security within the USSR ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
distinctFrom KGB of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: KGB
formedAsMinistry 1946 ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the Soviet Union ⓘ
hadBranch republican ministries of internal affairs ⓘ
headquartersCountry Soviet Union ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
jurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
legalForm union-republican ministry ⓘ
nativeName Министерство внутренних дел СССР ⓘ
notableBuilding MVD headquarters in Moscow ⓘ
oversaw Gulag system (in certain periods) ⓘ
linked to: Gulag system

criminal police ⓘ
internal troops ⓘ
militsiya ⓘ
passport and registration system ⓘ
residential registration (propiska) system ⓘ
parentOrganization Soviet state apparatus ⓘ
predecessor NKVD of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: NKVD

People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs ⓘ
reestablished 1962 ⓘ
reorganized 1953 ⓘ
1960 ⓘ
responsibility criminal investigation ⓘ
firefighting services ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
labor camps administration ⓘ
policing ⓘ
prison administration ⓘ
public order ⓘ
traffic police ⓘ
sector internal affairs ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
public security ⓘ
shortName MVD of the USSR ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of the USSR ⓘ
Soviet government ⓘ
successor Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation ⓘ
interior ministries of post-Soviet states ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet government → interiorMinistry → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Ipatiev House → demolishedBy → Soviet authorities ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Order of the Red Star → awardedBy → USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Soviet Internal Troops → subordinateTo → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Soviet Internal Troops → partOf → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey → subordinateTo → People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey → subordinateTo → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
MVD → fullName → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
MVD → nativeName → Министерство внутренних дел СССР ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Alexander Dubček → wasArrestedBy → Soviet authorities ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Beria period of the NKVD → agency → People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
GPU → fullName → State Political Directorate ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR → nativeName → Министерство внутренних дел СССР ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Dalstroy → subordinateTo → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR → followedBy → Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
GKChP → positionHeldByMembers → Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Народный комиссариат государственной безопасности → followedBy → Министерство внутренних дел СССР (в части функций госбезопасности) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Министерство государственной безопасности СССР → followedBy → Министерство внутренних дел СССР ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
VV MVD SSSR → fullName → Vnutrenniye voyska Ministerstva vnutrennikh del SSSR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
VV MVD SSSR → subordinateTo → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
VV MVD SSSR → standsFor → Vnutrenniye voyska Ministerstva vnutrennikh del Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation → predecessor → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Norilsk uprising → opposedBy → Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Soviet Militsiya → partOf → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Soviet Militsiya → parentOrganization → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
MVD of the USSR → nativeName → Министерство внутренних дел СССР ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
MVD of the USSR → translatedName → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs → replacedBy → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Verkhneuralsk prison → controlledBy → Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Vadim Bakatin → positionHeld → Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Vadim Bakatin → employer → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Operation Ring → perpetrator → Soviet Interior Ministry ⓘ
subject linked to: Operation Ring in 1991
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSFSR → partOf → Ministry of Internal Affairs system of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSFSR → coordinatedWith → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Kengir uprising → opposedBy → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ