NKVD
The Fowk's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Народный комиссариат внутренних дел, Narodnyi komissariat vnutrennikh del), abbreviatit NKVD (НКВД listen (help·info)), wis a law enforcement agency o the Soviet Union that directly executit the will o the Aw Union Communist Pairty. It wis closely associatit wi the Soviet secret polis, which at times wis pairt o the agency, an is kent for its poleetical repression during the era o Joseph Stalin.
Народный комиссариат внутренних дел Naródnyi komissariát vnútrennikh dél | |
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Agency owerview | |
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Formed | 1934 |
Precedin agency |
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Dissolved | 1946 |
Supersedin agency | |
Teep | Secret polis Intelligence agency |
Jurisdiction | Soviet Union |
Heidquarters | Lubyanka Squerr, Moscow |
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Paurent agency | Cooncil o the Fowk's Commissars |