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NKGB

in the U.S.S.R., the government's secret-police organization (1941–46).

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Origin of NKGB

<Russian N(aródnyĭ) k(omissariát) g(osudárstvennoĭ) b(ezopásnosti) People's Commissariat for State Security

Words nearby NKGB

NJ, Njord, NKA, NK cell, NKDA, NKGB, Nkomo, nkosi, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, Nkrumah, Nkrumah, Kwame
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British Dictionary definitions for NKGB

NKGB

abbreviation for

(formerly) People's Commissariat of State Security: the Soviet secret police from 1943 to 1946

Word Origin for NKGB

from Russian Narodny komissariat gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti
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