NKVD

English Alternative forms en N.K.V.D. Etymology en ru НКВД, through phonetic spelling of ru Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних де́л and the use of acronym. Pronunciation en en-us-NKVD.ogg US Proper noun The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB. en 1968 Robert Conquest w:Robert Conquest The Great Terror (book) The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/ w:Macmillan Company 68-17513 1169910711 21272570M 546–547 https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/page/546/ On the defensive side, Stalin had made equally thorough preparations. Lenin’s personal guard consisted of two men, later increased to four after the attempt on his life by Fanny Kaplan. Stalin’s was several thousand strong, and the NKVD in addition kept other units at a state of readiness. The road to his country dacha, some twenty miles away, was guarded by over 3,000 agents, with cars, telephone connections, etc. When Stalin was actually en route, the road was virtually under martial law. Translations Soviet NKVD French: fr NKVD m Polish: pl NKWD n Russian: ru НКВД m Ukrainian: uk НКВС, uk Народний комісаріат внутрішніх справ Yiddish: yi ענקאַוועדע f See also en FSB GRU KGB MGB en Soviet Union