MVD
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MVD canonical | 10 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet government ministry
ⓘ
law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MVD self-link ⓘ |
| administered |
Gulag system
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Ministers of the USSR
|
| successor |
KGB
ⓘ
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Stalin era
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
post-World War II Soviet Union
|
| typeOfOrganization |
police ministry
ⓘ
security apparatus ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
forced labor
ⓘ
mass arrests ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
NKVD