People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
government agency
|
| gptkbp:agent |
gptkb:MGB
NKVD Gulag |
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:KGB
gptkb:Stalinism gptkb:Cheka gptkb:Gulag_system secret police human rights abuses repression espionage totalitarianism political repression political dissidents surveillance political purges political executions informants intimidation tactics authoritarianism political control forced labor camps mass arrests mass surveillance state violence political trials purges state-sponsored terror civilian control surveillance state state security operations NKVD Troika Soviet_repression |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Soviet_Union
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1946
|
| gptkbp:formed |
1934
|
| gptkbp:function |
intelligence
police counterintelligence state security internal affairs |
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Moscow
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
|
| gptkbp:language |
Russian
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Soviet_Union
|
| gptkbp:notable_event |
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II Great Purge |
| gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:Semyon_Denisovich
gptkb:Lavrentiy_Beria gptkb:Viktor_Abakumov |
| gptkbp:parent_company |
gptkb:Council_of_People's_Commissars
|
| gptkbp:predecessor |
OGPU
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs
|
| gptkbp:type |
intelligence agency
law enforcement political police security agency |