Soviet Internal Troops

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internal security force paramilitary force

The Soviet Internal Troops were a militarized security force under the USSR’s Ministry of Internal Affairs responsible for internal security, riot control, and protection of key state facilities.

Aliases (9)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internal security force → paramilitary force →
allegiance	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics →
controlledBy	Communist Party of the Soviet Union → Council of Ministers of the USSR →
country	Soviet Union →
distinctFrom	KGB Border Troops → Soviet Army → regular police (militsiya) →
equipmentType	armored personnel carriers → light infantry weapons → riot control equipment →
hasFunction	border area security in cooperation with border troops → counter-insurgency within Soviet territory → crowd control → guarding labor camps → guarding prisons → guarding special regime facilities → protection of communication hubs → protection of key economic enterprises → protection of military-industrial sites → protection of nuclear facilities → protection of party and government buildings → protection of transportation infrastructure → support to police operations →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism →
militaryBranch	Ministry of Internal Affairs troops →
nativeName	Внутренние войска МВД СССР →
nativeNameLanguage	Russian →
operationalScope	entire territory of the USSR →
partOf	Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR →
politicalControl	Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
primaryRole	guarding critical infrastructure → guarding important government installations → internal security → protection of key state facilities → riot control → support to state security organs → suppression of internal unrest →
shortName	VV MVD SSSR →
subordinateTo	Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR →
successor	Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation → internal troops of other post-Soviet states →
trainingFocus	crowd and riot control → facility protection → urban operations →
type	gendarmerie-type force → militarized police →
usedFor	enforcement of emergency measures → maintaining political stability → supporting suppression of nationalist and separatist movements →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad ("NKVD troops") → Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 ("NKVD troops") →	awardedTo
Soviet Border Troops ("Internal Troops of the MVD") →	distinctFrom
Russian Armed Forces ("National Guard of Russia") →	hasComponent
Soviet armed forces ("Internal Troops of the Soviet Union") →	hasPart
Soviet Internal Troops ("Ministry of Internal Affairs troops") →	militaryBranch
Soviet Internal Troops ("Внутренние войска МВД СССР") →	nativeName
NKVD ("NKVD Troops") →	oversaw
Soviet military officers →	partOf
Operation Ring ("Soviet Interior Ministry forces") →	perpetrator
Soviet Internal Troops ("Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation") →	successor