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4 matches to NKVD
KGB. 1954-. Soviet secret police. =Cheka -1922; GPU 1922; OGPU 1923-34; NKVD 1934-46; MGB 1946-53. 1991 Split into FSB (domestic) and FIS (foreign).
NKVD. 1934-46. Soviet secret police. KGB.
OGPU. 1923. Soviet secret police. 1934 NKVD. KGB.
Yezhovshchina. 1936-8. Stalin’s Purge led by NKVD chief Yezhovshchina.