NKVD

Summary

NKVD is an interior ministry^[1]. NKVD ranks in the top 2% of interior_ministry entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,927 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• NKVD is in the country of Soviet Union^[3].
• NKVD's instance of is recorded as interior ministry^[4].
• NKVD's instance of is recorded as People's Commissariat^[5].
• NKVD's logo image is recorded as NKVD Emblem (Solid Colors).svg^[6].
• NKVD's follows is recorded as Joint State Political Directorate^[7].
• NKVD's followed by is recorded as Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union^[8].
• NKVD's followed by is recorded as Ministry for State Security^[9].
• NKVD's followed by is recorded as Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation^[10].
• NKVD's headquarters location is recorded as Lubyanka Building^[11].
• NKVD's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[12].
• NKVD's headquarters location is recorded as Lubyanka Square^[13].
• NKVD's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123241518^[14].
• NKVD's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138419331^[15].
• NKVD's GND ID is recorded as 42358-0^[16].
• NKVD's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83239288^[17].
• NKVD's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 131635212^[18].
• NKVD's IdRef ID is recorded as 03223905X^[19].
• NKVD's child organization or unit is recorded as Gulag^[20].
• NKVD's Commons category is recorded as NKVD^[21].
• NKVD's chairperson is recorded as Genrikh Yagoda^[22].
• NKVD's chairperson is recorded as Nikolai Yezhov^[23].
• NKVD's chairperson is recorded as Lavrentiy Beria^[24].
• +1934-07-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of NKVD^[25].
• NKVD was dissolved in +1946-08-26T00:00:00Z^[26].
• NKVD's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dy1l^[27].

Body

Founding

+1934-07-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of NKVD^[25].

Identity

NKVD's follows is recorded as Joint State Political Directorate^[7]. Successors include Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union^[8], Ministry for State Security^[9], and Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation^[10]. Short names include {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'НКВД СССР'}^[28] and {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'NKVD SSRİ'}^[29].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Genrikh Yagoda^[22], a politician^[30], 1891–1938^[31], of Russian Empire^[32], awarded the Order of Lenin^[33]; Nikolai Yezhov^[23], a politician^[34], 1895–1940^[35], of Russian Empire^[36], awarded the Order of Lenin^[37]; and Lavrentiy Beria^[24], a politician^[38], 1899–1953^[39], of Russian Empire^[40], awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour^[41].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Lubyanka Building^[11], a building^[42], in Russia^[43]; Moscow^[12], a capital of Russia^[44], in Duchy of Moscow^[45]; and Lubyanka Square^[13], a square^[46], in Russia^[47]. NKVD's child organization or unit is recorded as Gulag^[20].

Dissolution

NKVD was dissolved in +1946-08-26T00:00:00Z^[26].

Why It Matters

NKVD ranks in the top 2% of interior_ministry entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,927 views/month).^[2] NKVD has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] NKVD is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]