People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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| Народный комиссариат внутренних дел | |
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| Founded | 7 December 1934 |
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| Dissolved | 15 March 1945 |
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The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs[a] (abbreviated to PCIA) was the interior ministry of the USSR from 7 December 1934 to 15 March 1945.
Assassination of Leon Trotsky
On 21 August 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico, an NKVD agent assassinated Leon Trotsky.
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Notes
- ↑ Russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел (Abbreviation: Нквд (NKVD))