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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
NKVD troops	5
Soviet Interior Ministry forces	2
Internal Troops of the MVD	1
Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation	1
Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR	1
Internal Troops of the Soviet Union	1
Ministry of Internal Affairs troops	1
NKVD Internal Troops	1
NKVD Troops	1
NKVD internal troops	1
National Guard of Russia	1
Soviet Internal Troops canonical	1
Внутренние войска МВД СССР	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internal security force ⓘ paramilitary force ⓘ
allegiance	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
controlledBy	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
distinctFrom	Soviet Border Troops ⓘ surface form: KGB Border Troops Red Army ⓘ surface form: 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	Soviet Internal Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Internal Affairs troops
nativeName	Soviet Internal Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Soviet Internal Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 (18)

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

Soviet military officers → partOf → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

Soviet armed forces → hasPart → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Internal Troops of the Soviet Union

NKVD → oversaw → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD Troops

Soviet Internal Troops → nativeName → Soviet Internal Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Внутренние войска МВД СССР

Soviet Internal Troops → militaryBranch → Soviet Internal Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Internal Affairs troops

Soviet Internal Troops → successor → Soviet Internal Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

Operation Ring → perpetrator → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Interior Ministry forces

Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad → awardedTo → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD troops

Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 → awardedTo → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD troops

Russian Armed Forces → hasComponent → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Guard of Russia

Soviet Border Troops → distinctFrom → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Internal Troops of the MVD

Azerbaijani special police units → cooperatedWith → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Interior Ministry forces

VV MVD SSSR → abbreviationOf → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR

Soviet military ranks → usedIn → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD troops

Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus → eligibility → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD troops

Medal for the Victory over Japan → militaryBranch → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD Internal Troops

Operation Lentil → carriedOutBy → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD internal troops

PPD-40 → usedBy → Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD troops