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The '''People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел (Abbreviation: Нквд (NKVD))</ref> (abbreviated to '''PCIA''') was the interior ministry of the [[USSR]] from 7 December 1934 to 15 March 1945.


The '''People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел (Abbreviation: Нквд (NKVD))</ref> (abbreviated to '''PCIA''') was the interior ministry of the [[USSR]] from 7 December 1934 to 15 March 1945.
== History ==


==Assassination of Leon Trotsky==
=== Purges ===
[[Genrikh Yagoda]] oversaw the trial of [[Grigory Zinoviev|Zinoviev]] and his supporters in August 1936. Yagoda was supported by [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] and restricted the scope of purges following the trial. [[Nikolai Yezhov|Yezhov]], who was more extreme, became Yagoda's second-in-command. In September 1936, following the sabotage of several Siberian mines, Yezhov became chief of the NKVD and Yagoda became People's Commissar of Communications.<ref name=":0223">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=The Great Purge|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=124–125}}</ref>


=== Assassination of Leon Trotsky ===
On 21 August 1940 in Mexico City, [[Mexican United States|Mexico]], an NKVD agent assassinated [[Leon Trotsky]].
On 21 August 1940 in Mexico City, [[Mexican United States|Mexico]], an NKVD agent assassinated [[Leon Trotsky]].


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People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
Народный комиссариат внутренних дел
Founded7 December 1934
Dissolved15 March 1945

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.

History

Purges

Genrikh Yagoda oversaw the trial of Zinoviev and his supporters in August 1936. Yagoda was supported by Stalin and restricted the scope of purges following the trial. Yezhov, who was more extreme, became Yagoda's second-in-command. In September 1936, following the sabotage of several Siberian mines, Yezhov became chief of the NKVD and Yagoda became People's Commissar of Communications.[1]

Assassination of Leon Trotsky

On 21 August 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico, an NKVD agent assassinated Leon Trotsky.

References

Notes

  1. Russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел (Abbreviation: Нквд (NKVD))
  1. Ludo Martens (1996). Another View of Stalin: 'The Great Purge' (pp. 124–125). [PDF] Editions EPO. ISBN 9782872620814