MVD

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Soviet government ministry law enforcement agency

The MVD was the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs, a powerful state security and police organ that, among other functions, administered the Gulag forced labor camp system.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet government ministry → law enforcement agency →
abbreviation	MVD →
administered	Gulag → Soviet forced labor camp system →
associatedWith	Joseph Stalin → Lavrentiy Beria →
controlled	internal troops → penal institutions → police forces in the USSR →
country	Soviet Union →
field	internal affairs → law enforcement → public order → state security →
fullName	Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR →
governedBy	Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
headquartersLocation	Moscow →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism →
jurisdiction	Soviet Union →
language	Russian →
legalForm	union-republic ministry →
nativeName	Министерство внутренних дел СССР →
notableFor	administration of Gulag camps → role in Stalinist repression →
oversaw	criminal investigations → firefighting services → passport and registration system → traffic police →
partOf	Soviet government →
predecessor	NKVD →
responsibility	border control → internal security → labor camps → policing → prisons →
subordinateTo	Council of Ministers of the USSR →
successor	KGB → Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation →
timePeriod	Stalin era → post-World War II Soviet Union →
typeOfOrganization	police ministry → security apparatus →
usedMethod	forced labor → mass arrests → political repression →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gulag system → Norilsk camps →	operatedBy
MVD →	abbreviation
MGB →	dissolvedInto
NKVD →	successor