NKVD

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Soviet state security agency interior ministry secret police

The NKVD was the Soviet Union’s interior ministry and secret police organization, notorious for political repression, mass arrests, and executions, especially under Joseph Stalin.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
NKVD canonical	85
Soviet NKVD	5
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs	3
Soviet secret police	3
NKVD of the Russian SFSR	2
Ministry of State Security of the USSR	1
NKVD (state security functions)	1
NKVD Main Directorate of Camps	1
NKVD Special Departments	1
NKVD guards	1
NKVD of the USSR	1
NKVD troops	1
RSFSR NKVD	1
SMERSH	1
Soviet NKVD and MGB	1
Soviet NKVD operations	1
Soviet security services	1
all-Union NKVD	1
Народный комиссариат внутренних дел	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet state security agency ⓘ interior ministry ⓘ secret police ⓘ
abbreviation	NKVD self-link ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dateDissolved	1946 ⓘ
dateFormed	1934 ⓘ
fullName	NKVD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
legalBasis	decrees of the Soviet government ⓘ
loyalTo	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
nativeName	NKVD self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Народный комиссариат внутренних дел
notableLeader	Genrikh Yagoda ⓘ Lavrentiy Beria ⓘ Nikolai Yezhov ⓘ
notoriousFor	fabrication of charges ⓘ show trials ⓘ use of torture during interrogations ⓘ
operatedDuring	Stalin era ⓘ World War II ⓘ
oversaw	Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ surface form: NKVD Troops border troops ⓘ internal troops ⓘ
partOf	Council of People's Commissars ⓘ surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
predecessor	Cheka ⓘ GPU ⓘ GPU ⓘ surface form: OGPU
responsibleFor	Great Purge ⓘ Gulag system operations ⓘ Katyn massacre ⓘ border security ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ deportations of entire ethnic groups ⓘ enforcement of Stalinist policies ⓘ espionage abroad ⓘ executions of political opponents ⓘ forced labor camps administration ⓘ internal security ⓘ mass arrests ⓘ political repression in the Soviet Union ⓘ suppression of dissent ⓘ
subordinateTo	Joseph Stalin ⓘ
successor	KGB ⓘ MGB ⓘ MVD ⓘ
usedMethod	arbitrary detention ⓘ informant networks ⓘ surveillance ⓘ

Referenced by (112)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

September Campaign → hasParticipant → NKVD ⓘ

KGB → precededBy → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD (state security functions)

Polish Underground State → persecutedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Stalin era → securityOrgan → NKVD ⓘ

Gulag system → operatedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Polish deportees in the USSR → perpetrator → NKVD ⓘ

Trial of the Sixteen → organizedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Home Army (Armia Krajowa) → enemyOf → NKVD ⓘ

subject surface form: Home Army

UB (Polish secret police) → influencedBy → NKVD ⓘ

subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa

UB (Polish secret police) → influencedBy → NKVD ⓘ

subject surface form: Urząd Bezpieczeństwa

this entity surface form: Soviet security services

Yezhovshchina → mainPerpetrator → NKVD ⓘ

NKVD → fullName → NKVD self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs

NKVD → nativeName → NKVD self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Народный комиссариат внутренних дел

NKVD → abbreviation → NKVD self-link ⓘ

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland → implementedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Home Army → opponent → NKVD ⓘ

From Russia, with Love → featuresOrganization → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: SMERSH

Soviet government → securityAgency → NKVD ⓘ

Soviet government → stateSecurityMinistry → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of State Security of the USSR

Unternehmen Barbarossa → involvedForce → NKVD ⓘ

Stalinist repressions → organizer → NKVD ⓘ

Katyn massacre → perpetrator → NKVD ⓘ

Katyn massacre → responsibleOrganization → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs

Council of People's Commissars → hasPart → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs

Stanislav Kosior → persecutedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Raoul Wallenberg → detainedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Nikolai Yezhov → employer → NKVD ⓘ

Hungarian ÁVH secret police → inspiredBy → NKVD ⓘ

subject surface form: Államvédelmi Hatóság

this entity surface form: Soviet NKVD

Vsevolod Meyerhold → arrestedBy → NKVD ⓘ

NKGB → predecessor → NKVD ⓘ

Lubyanka Building → usedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Lubyanka Building → associatedWith → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet secret police

Lubyanka Building → securityServiceHeadquartersFor → NKVD ⓘ

Polish Workers' Party → securityCollaboration → NKVD ⓘ

Soviet partisans → supportedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Stanisław Radkiewicz → influencedBy → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet NKVD

Polish POWs → perpetratorOfCrimesAgainstThem → NKVD ⓘ

Glavnoye upravleniye lagerey → partOf → NKVD ⓘ

MVD → predecessor → NKVD ⓘ

Main Camp Administration → subordinateTo → NKVD ⓘ

The Gulag Archipelago → criticizes → NKVD ⓘ

Eastern Poland → wasAffectedBy → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet NKVD operations

Vorkuta camps → operatedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Solovki prison camp → operatedBy → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet secret police

Norilsk camps → operatedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Left Opposition → repressedBy → NKVD ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet secret police

Ramón Mercader → employer → NKVD ⓘ

Freedom and Independence (WiN) → opponent → NKVD ⓘ

subject surface form: Freedom and Independence

Cheka → followedBy → NKVD ⓘ

Beria period of the NKVD → appliesTo → NKVD ⓘ