НКВД

Russian

Etymology

Initialism of Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних де́л (Naródnyj komissariát vnútrennix dél, “People’s Commissariat for Interior Affairs”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛn ka vɛ ˈdɛ] (phonetic respelling: эн-ка-вэ-дэ́)

Proper noun

НКВД • (NKVD) m inan (indeclinable)

  1. NKVD (a forerunner of the KGB)

Derived terms
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