Usually means: Soviet secret police, intelligence agency.
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▸ noun:  The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB

Similar:
Tchekist, Cheka, Chekist, Tcheka, militsia, Rosgvardia, Okhranka, OGPU, Okhrana, Volkspolizei, more...

Phrases:
NKVD prisoner massacres, Polish Operation of the NKVD, NKVD troika, NKVD Order No. 00447, Mass operations of the NKVD, more...

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Similar:
Tchekist, Cheka, Chekist, Tcheka, militsia, Rosgvardia, Okhranka, OGPU, Okhrana, Volkspolizei, more...

Phrases:
NKVD prisoner massacres, Polish Operation of the NKVD, NKVD troika, NKVD Order No. 00447, Mass operations of the NKVD, NKVD special camp Nr. 7, 10th NKVD Rifle Division, Greek Operation of the NKVD, more...



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