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[[War crimes]]<br>|type of villains = Oppressive Secret Police}}The '''People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs''' (Народный комиссариат внутренних дел: Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del), abbreviated '''NKVD''' (НКВД About this soundlisten (help·info)) or '''Narkomvnudel''' (Наркомвнудел), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. | [[War crimes]]<br>|type of villains = Oppressive Secret Police|type of villain=Oppressive Secret Police}}The '''People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs''' (Народный комиссариат внутренних дел: Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del), abbreviated '''NKVD''' (НКВД About this soundlisten (help·info)) or '''Narkomvnudel''' (Наркомвнудел), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. | ||
Established in 1917 as NKVD of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the agency was originally tasked with conducting regular police work and overseeing the country's prisons and labor camps. It was disbanded in 1930, with its functions being dispersed among other agencies, only to be reinstated as an all-union ministry in 1934. | Established in 1917 as NKVD of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the agency was originally tasked with conducting regular police work and overseeing the country's prisons and labor camps. It was disbanded in 1930, with its functions being dispersed among other agencies, only to be reinstated as an all-union ministry in 1934. | ||