NKVD
Meanings
name
- The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From the Russian НКВД (NKVD), through phonetic spelling of Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних де́л (Naródnyj komissariát vnútrennix dél) and the use of acronym.
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