NKGB

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

NKGB

abbreviation for

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of NKGB¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of NKGB¹

from Russian Narodny komissariat gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti