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