Soviet Union. Narodnyĭ komissariat gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti
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Name (Latin)
Soviet Union. Narodnyĭ komissariat gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti
Other forms of name
NKGB
NKGB SSSR
Soviet Union. Gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti, Narodnyĭ komissariat
Soviet Union. Komissariat gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti, Narodnyĭ
Soviet Union. Narkomat gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti
Soviet Union. State Security
Sources of Information
- Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl., 3rd ed.:v. 7 (In 1943 the Narkomat G. b. SSSR became independent, until 1946 when it became a Ministry)
- Who was Who in USSR, 1972:under Abakumov, V. S. (State Security Section of the Soviet Army Smersh)
- Lubi︠a︡nka, 1997:t.p. (NKGB) p. 26 (On 3 Feb. 1941 the NKVD SSSR was separated into two komissariats: NKVD SSSR and NKGB SSSR. The NKGB was headed by V.N. Merkulov. In June 1941 the NKVD and the NKGB were reunited into one NKVD SSSR. On 14 April 1943 the NKVD was again divided into two organizations: the NKVD SSSR and the Narkomat gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti SSSR (NKGB SSSR) which was again headed by V.N. Merkulov) p. 35 (on 22 March 1946 the NKGB SSSR was renamed the Ministerstvo gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti SSSR (MGB SSSR))