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The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Народный комиссариат внутренних дел Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del) abbreviated NKVD (НКВД About this sound listen ) was a law enforcement agency of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the All Union Communist Party.

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extinction year
1946-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
formation year
1934-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
headquarter
Lubyanka Building
jurisdiction
Law enforcement
leader
Genrikh Yagoda
location
Lubyanka Building
parent organisation
Council of People's Commissars
successor
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
type
Secret police

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