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GCSE History · key term
The Soviet security organisation whose secret police carried out mass arrests and repression under Stalin.
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Paper 1
Revise: Stalin the DictatorThe NKVD, the Soviet secret police organisation, carried out the purges. Its leaders included Yagoda, from 1934 to 1936, and Yezhov, from 1936 to 1938. Under Yezhov, repression escalated through mass arrests and forced confessions.
The Soviet secret police organisation that enforced state control and repression during Stalin’s rule.
Paper 3
The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs, which included the Soviet secret police and carried out arrests, interrogations and repression under Stalin.
Revise: Use of TerrorThe NKVD, formed in 1934, included the Soviet secret police. It carried out Stalin’s purges through arrests, interrogations, forced confessions, imprisonment and executions. Genrikh Yagoda led it from 1934 to 1936, followed by Nikolai Yezhov from 1936 to 1938, when terror intensified.
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