MVD of the USSR
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The MVD of the USSR was the Soviet Union’s interior ministry, responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and overseeing the police and prison systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MVD of the USSR canonical | 3 |
| MVD SSSR | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government ministry
ⓘ
interior ministry ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abolished | 1960 ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryCapital | Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1991 ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
KGB
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ministry of State Security (MGB) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employed | militsioner personnel ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| established | 1946 ⓘ |
| function |
border and internal security support
ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ management of corrective labor colonies ⓘ policing ⓘ |
| governedBy | Soviet law ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| nativeName | Министерство внутренних дел СССР NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversaw |
Gulag system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
internal troops NERFINISHED ⓘ militsiya ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet security apparatus ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | one-party socialist state ⓘ |
| predecessor |
NKVD of the USSR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reestablished | 1962 ⓘ |
| reorganized |
1953
ⓘ
1960 ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
firefighting services
ⓘ
internal security ⓘ labor camps administration ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ police ⓘ prison system ⓘ public order ⓘ traffic police ⓘ |
| shortName | MVD SSSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of Ministers of the USSR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
interior ministries of post-Soviet states ⓘ |
| translatedName | Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfPolice | militsiya system ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MVD SSSR