People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/People's_Commissariat_for_Internal_Affairs_(NKVD)
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1946
gptkbp:established 1934
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Народный_комиссариат_внутренних_дел
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Lavrentiy_Beria
gptkb:Nikolai_Yezhov
gptkb:Genrikh_Yagoda
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Katyn_massacre
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa_(counter-espionage)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Council_of_People's_Commissars_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Joint_State_Political_Directorate_(OGPU)
gptkbp:responsible_for gptkb:political_repression
gptkb:Great_Purge
gptkb:Gulag_system
espionage
border security
counterintelligence
firefighting
policing
state security
mass deportations
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(MVD)
gptkb:Ministry_of_State_Security_(MGB)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:People's_Commissariat_for_State_Security_(NKGB)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6