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nkvd
Nkvd (name) means the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB.
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The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian НКВД (NKVD), through phonetic spelling of Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних де́л (Naródnyj komissariát vnútrennix dél) and the use of acronym.
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"nkvd" (name) means the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB.