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.

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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

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