NKVD

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Fowk's Commissariat o Internal Affairs
	Народный комиссариат внутренних дел; Naródnyi komissariát vnútrennikh dél
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Agency owerview
Formed	1934
Precedin agency	NKVD o the RSFSR;
Dissolved	1946
Supersedin agency	MVD;
Teep	Secret polis; Intelligence agency
Jurisdiction	Soviet Union
Heidquarters	Lubyanka Squerr, Moscow
Agency executives	Genrikh Yagoda (1934–1936); Nikolai Yezhov (1936–1938); Lavrentiy Beria (1938–1945); Sergei Kruglov (1945–1946);
Paurent agency	Cooncil o the Fowk's Commissars

The Fowk's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Народный комиссариат внутренних дел, Narodnyi komissariat vnutrennikh del), abbreviatit NKVD (НКВД listen (help·info)), wis a law enforcement agency o the Soviet Union that directly executit the will o the Aw Union Communist Pairty. It wis closely associatit wi the Soviet secret polis, which at times wis pairt o the agency, an is kent for its poleetical repression during the era o Joseph Stalin.

Coordinates: 55°45′38″N 37°37′41″E / 55.7606°N 37.6281°E / 55.7606; 37.6281