Word Origin for NKVD
from Russian Narodny komissariat vnutrennikh del People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.
What do the initials NKVD stand for?
abbreviation for. (formerly) People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs: the Soviet police and secret police from 1934 to 1943: the police from 1943 to 1946. Word origin. from Russian Narodny komissariat vnutrennikh del People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.
What does NKVD mean in between shades of gray?
In the novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys documents the life of a fictional 15-year-old Lithuanian girl named Lina Vilkas and her family as the NKVD (the Soviet secret police) forcefully takes them from their home and sends them on a terrifying journey to Siberia as slaves.
