NKVD


  1. in the U.S.S.R., the government's secret-police organization (1917–30; 1934–46).

Origin of NKVD

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From Russian N(aródnyĭ) K(omissariát) V(nútrennikh) D(el) “People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs”

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NKVD

abbreviation for
  1. (formerly) People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs: the Soviet police and secret police from 1934 to 1943: the police from 1943 to 1946

Origin of NKVD

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from Russian Narodny komissariat vnutrennikh del People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs

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