NKWD

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NKWD was the Soviet Union’s notorious secret police and security agency, responsible for political repression, intelligence, and internal security, particularly during Stalin’s rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet state security agency ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
secret police ⓘ
abbreviation NKVD ⓘ
activeDuring Joseph Stalin's rule ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
employerOf Genrikh Yagoda ⓘ
Lavrentiy Beria ⓘ
Nikolai Yezhov ⓘ
Viktor Abakumov ⓘ
Vsevolod Merkulov ⓘ
fieldOfWork border security ⓘ
counterintelligence ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ
gulag administration ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
secret police operations ⓘ
followedBy KGB ⓘ
MGB ⓘ
MVD ⓘ
fullName People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Russian SFSR ⓘ
nativeName Народный комиссариат внутренних дел ⓘ
notableCommander Genrikh Yagoda ⓘ
Lavrentiy Beria ⓘ
Nikolai Yezhov ⓘ
notableEvent Great Purge ⓘ
Katyn massacre ⓘ
mass deportations of ethnic minorities in the USSR ⓘ
political repression in the Soviet Union ⓘ
notableWork Great Purge ⓘ
operatedInTheTerritoryOf Soviet Union ⓘ
parentOrganization Council of People's Commissars of the USSR ⓘ
participatedIn World War II ⓘ
partOf Soviet security apparatus ⓘ
replaces Cheka ⓘ
GPU ⓘ
OGPU ⓘ
linked to: GPU
responsibleFor arrests and executions of political opponents ⓘ
border guard troops ⓘ
enforcement of Stalinist policies ⓘ
internal troops ⓘ
management of the Gulag system ⓘ
mass deportations ⓘ
political surveillance ⓘ
subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet government ⓘ

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