stalin's secret police - EAS
- The NKVDDuring this period, the NKVD included both ordinary public order activities, as well as secret police activities. The NKVD is known for its role in political repression and for carrying out the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin. It was led by Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov and Lavrentiy Beria.Formed: 10 July 1934; 88 years agoJurisdiction: Soviet UnionParent agency: Council of the People's Commissarsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD
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After the bloody Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the leaders of the new Soviet Union protected their authority through the use of secret police. With the rise of Joseph Stalin, the secret police …
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/06/...Feb 06, 2017 · The result is the first comprehensive survey of the NKVD men responsible for carrying out Stalin’s “Great Terror” of 1937 and 1938, in which …
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Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov was a Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin who was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938, during the height of the Great Purge. Yezhov organized mass …
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Sergei Kruglov (June 1953 – March 13, 1954) Lavrentiy Beria (March 5, 1953 – June 26, 1953) Sergei Kruglov (June 1953 – March 13, 1954)
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