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The NKVD undertook mass extrajudicial executions of untold numbers of citizens, and conceived, populated and administered the Gulag system of [[Concentration Camp|concentration camp]]s. Their agents were responsible for the repression of the wealthier peasantry, as well as the mass deportations, [[ethnic cleansing]], and even [[genocide]] of entire nationalities to uninhabited regions of the country. They oversaw the protection of Soviet borders and espionage (which included political assassinations), and enforced Soviet policy in [[communist]] movements and puppet governments in other countries, most notably the repression and massacres in Poland.

In March 1946 all People's Commissariats were renamed to Ministries, and the NKVD became the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The [[~~KGB (Soviet Union)|~~KGB]] would succeed the NKVD as the secret police of the Soviet Union.

In March 1946 all People's Commissariats were renamed to Ministries, and the NKVD became the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The [[KGB]] would succeed the NKVD as the secret police of the Soviet Union.

==Activities and operations==

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 The NKVD undertook mass extrajudicial executions of untold numbers of citizens, and conceived, populated and administered the Gulag system of [[Concentration Camp|concentration camp]]s. Their agents were responsible for the repression of the wealthier peasantry, as well as the mass deportations, [[ethnic cleansing]], and even [[genocide]] of entire nationalities to uninhabited regions of the country. They oversaw the protection of Soviet borders and espionage (which included political assassinations), and enforced Soviet policy in [[communist]] movements and puppet governments in other countries, most notably the repression and massacres in Poland.
-In March 1946 all People's Commissariats were renamed to Ministries, and the NKVD became the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The [[KGB (Soviet Union)|KGB]] would succeed the NKVD as the secret police of the Soviet Union.
+In March 1946 all People's Commissariats were renamed to Ministries, and the NKVD became the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The [[KGB]] would succeed the NKVD as the secret police of the Soviet Union.
 ==Activities and operations==