NKVD

Meaning

Proper Noun

НКВД (Naródnyi Komissariát Vnútrennikh Del): the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet secret police, forerunner of the KGB

Origin

From the Russian НКВД, through phonetic spelling of Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних де́л and the use of acronym.

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