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His secret police when he first became General Secretary was the State Political Directorate, or GPU.
In 1934 it was renamed the People's Comissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del, or NKVD).
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Soviet secret police?
name of the secert police of Italy German and soviet union
Does the Soviet Union have a secret police?
Seeing as the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, no.
When did Bruno Schmidtsdorf die?
Bruno Schmidtsdorf died on February 28, 1938, in Soviet Union of murdered by Stalinist Secret Police.
Explain the conservative leaders of the traditional Soviet institutions opposed the breakup of the Soviet Union name the institutions these leaders represented?
The possible breakup of the Soviet Union would mean an end to their priviliges - amongst the conservatives were the secret police and the army. hope this helps =)
What was the cheka?
Cheka was a name for the Soviets Secret Police.
What four letter acronym were the secret police force called in Stalin's time?
KGB was the acronym for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti or Committee for State Security, The State security agency in the former Soviet Union.
Soviet intelligentsia what is it?
The Soviet Intelligence Agency, the KGB, was both an Intelligence Agency and 'Secret Police'.
How does a totalitarian crush opposition?
Usually, totalitarian regimes have a secret police (KGB in the Soviet Union, Gestapo in Nazi Germany, SAVAK in Imperial Iran etc.) and this secret police will arrest suspected dissidents, jail them, torture them, and disappear them. Anyone who does not agree with the regime is summarily removed this way.
A soviet commission that worked as secret police against counterrevolution?
Cheka ctcandjte
Was Joseph Stalin head of the SS?
No, Stalin was the head of the Soviet Union and overall head of the secret police, the NKVD. The SS were a group of soldiers forming Hitler's (Germany) bodyguards.The SS was also part of the secret police.
What is the nvkd?
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin.
How did Stalin keep power in the Soviet Union?
Stalin used the police state to arrest and either execute or censor anyone who openly opposed or criticized him. This of course maintained his power because without any open opposition, people did pretty much whatever he wanted. This policy did weaken the Soviet union in the long run though, because it killed large numbers of useful and productive members of society, as well as creating resentment against Soviet rule.
