Etymograph

English

NKVD

NKVD comes from Russian НКВД.

  1. RussianmodernНКВДNKVD
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1968NKVD

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  1. RussianmodernНКВДNKVD
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1968NKVD

Earliest quotation: 1968, Robert Conquest, The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties: “On the defensive side, Stalin had made equally thorough…”

Every English word from Russian НКВД

Today it means

name The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs — the Soviet interior ministry known for its secret police, forerunner of the KGB.

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Etymograph / Russian НКВД / NKVD

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