NKVD

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The NKVD was the Soviet Union’s interior ministry and secret police organization, notorious for political repression, mass arrests, and executions, especially under Joseph Stalin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet state security agency
interior ministry
secret police
abbreviation NKVD
country Soviet Union
dateDissolved 1946
dateFormed 1934
fullName People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
linked to: NKVD
headquartersLocation Moscow
ideology Marxism–Leninism
jurisdiction Soviet Union
languageOfWork Russian
legalBasis decrees of the Soviet government
loyalTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
nativeName Народный комиссариат внутренних дел
linked to: NKVD
notableLeader Genrikh Yagoda
Lavrentiy Beria
Nikolai Yezhov
notoriousFor fabrication of charges
show trials
use of torture during interrogations
operatedDuring Stalin era
World War II
oversaw NKVD Troops
border troops
internal troops
partOf Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
predecessor Cheka
GPU
OGPU
linked to: GPU
responsibleFor Great Purge
Gulag system operations
Katyn massacre
border security
counterintelligence
deportations of entire ethnic groups
enforcement of Stalinist policies
espionage abroad
executions of political opponents
forced labor camps administration
internal security
mass arrests
political repression in the Soviet Union
suppression of dissent
subordinateTo Joseph Stalin
successor KGB
MGB
MVD
usedMethod arbitrary detention
informant networks
surveillance

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KGB precededBy NKVD (state security functions)
linked to: NKVD
Gulag system operatedBy NKVD
Home Army enemyOf NKVD
subject linked to: Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa influencedBy NKVD
subject linked to: UB (Polish secret police)
Urząd Bezpieczeństwa influencedBy Soviet security services
subject linked to: UB (Polish secret police)
linked to: NKVD
NKVD fullName People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
linked to: NKVD
NKVD nativeName Народный комиссариат внутренних дел
linked to: NKVD
NKVD abbreviation NKVD
Home Army opponent NKVD
From Russia, with Love featuresOrganization SMERSH
linked to: NKVD
Soviet government stateSecurityMinistry Ministry of State Security of the USSR
linked to: NKVD
Katyn massacre responsibleOrganization People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
linked to: NKVD
Council of People's Commissars hasPart People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
linked to: NKVD
Nikolai Yezhov employer NKVD
Államvédelmi Hatóság inspiredBy Soviet NKVD
subject linked to: Hungarian ÁVH secret police
linked to: NKVD
NKGB predecessor NKVD
Lubyanka Building associatedWith Soviet secret police
linked to: NKVD
Stanisław Radkiewicz influencedBy Soviet NKVD
linked to: NKVD
MVD predecessor NKVD
Eastern Poland wasAffectedBy Soviet NKVD operations
linked to: NKVD
Solovki prison camp operatedBy Soviet secret police
linked to: NKVD
Left Opposition repressedBy Soviet secret police
linked to: NKVD
Freedom and Independence opponent NKVD
subject linked to: Freedom and Independence (WiN)
Cheka followedBy NKVD