NKVD
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of NKVD
From Russian N(aródnyĭ) K(omissariát) V(nútrennikh) D(el) “People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs”
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An agent for the NKVD, the Soviet Union’s secret police, arranged an introduction between Mercader and Sylvia Ageloff, a left-wing social worker from Brooklyn, N.Y., whose sister had once been Trotsky’s secretary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
To understand Russia today, it is necessary to reach back to Stalin’s Great Terror, when the secret police were called NKVD.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2022
They were sent by the NKVD, the secret police, to their boss, Lavrentiy Beria, in late 1944.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2015
After Skorodumov’s death, the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB, raided his collection.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2014
“They’re watching,” said Jonas, motioning with his head to the NKVD.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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