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    The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs , abbreviated as NKVD (Russian: НКВД; listen ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) secret police organization, and thus had a monopoly on intelligence and … See more

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    After the Russian February Revolution of 1917, the Provisional Government dissolved the Tsarist police and set up the People's Militias. The subsequent Russian October Revolution of … See more

    In 1935–1945 Main Directorate of State Security of NKVD had its own ranking system before it was merged in the Soviet military … See more

    The main function of the NKVD was to protect the state security of the Soviet Union through massive political repression, including … See more

    The agency was headed by a people's commissar (minister). His first deputy was the director of State Security Service (GUGB).
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    Andrei Zhukov singlehandedly identified every single NKVD officer involved in 1930s arrests and killings by researching a Moscow archive. There are just over 40,000 names on … See more

     
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