NKVD

Meaning of NKVD in English

Function: abbreviation

Etymology: Russian Narodny ĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del

People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs

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NKVD — abbreviation Etymology: Russian Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NKVD — in the U.S.S.R., the government's secret-police organization (1934-46). Cf. Cheka . [ N ( aródnyi ) K ( omissariát ) …
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NKVD — ministry of the interior of the former Soviet Union
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NKVD — Etymology: Russian Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs
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NKVD — [NKVD] [Russ Narodnyi komissariat vnutrennikh del] abbreviation People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs
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NKVD — Soviet secret police agency, a forerunner of the KGB (q.v.).
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NKVD — Народный комиссариат внутренних дел
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YEZHOV, NIKOLAY (IVANOVICH) — born 1895, St. Petersburg, Russia died after January 1939 Soviet secret-police chief. He joined the Communist Party in March 1917 …
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KGB — Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti ("Committee for State Security") Soviet agency responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence, and internal security. It was the …
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GUGB — (in the Soviet Union) the Chief Directorate for State Security, the government's secret police organization (1934-1941) functioning as part of …
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GPU
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PURGE TRIALS — also called Great Purge, three widely publicized show trials and a series of closed, unpublicized trials held in the Soviet …
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YEZHOV, NIKOLAY IVANOVICH — born 1895, St. Petersburg, Russia died after January 1939 Yezhov also spelled Ezhov, byname The Dwarf, Russian Karlik Russian Communist …
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YAGODA, GENRIKH GRIGORYEVICH — born 1891, Lodz, Pol., Russian Empire died March 15, 1938, Moscow Yagoda also spelled Jagoda head of the Soviet secret …
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WIESENTHAL, SIMON
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RYBAKOV, ANATOLY
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KATYN MASSACRE
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KGB — Russian in full Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security), political police and security agency that was also the primary …
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GULAG — abbreviation of Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey (Russian: Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Camps), the system of Soviet labour camps and …
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BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH — Beria also spelled Beriya born March 29 [March 17, old style], 1899, Merkheuli, Russia died Dec. 23, 1953, Moscow director …
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YEZHOV, NIKOLAY IVANOVICH — born 1895, St. Petersburg, Russia died after January 1939 Soviet secret-police chief. He joined the Communist Party in March 1917 …
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YEZHOV, NIKOLAY — born 1895, St. Petersburg, Russia died after January 1939 Soviet secret-police chief. He joined the Communist Party in March 1917 …
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YAGODA, GENRIKH GRIGORYEVICH — born 1891, 0141; odz, Pol., Russian Empire died March 15, 1938, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician. A leader of the …
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YAGODA, GENRIKH — born 1891, 0141; odz, Pol., Russian Empire died March 15, 1938, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician. A leader of the …
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KGB — n. Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti ("Committee for State Security") Soviet agency responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence, and internal security. It was …
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VIGILANTES — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, constabulary, county …
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TROOPER — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, G-man, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, bailiff, …
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SECRET POLICE — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, bugging, cloak-and-dagger …
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POSSE — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, KP, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, age …
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POLICE — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, administer, arm, …
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MILITARY POLICE — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, constabulary, county …
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LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY — Synonyms and related words : Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, constabulary, county …
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