Index/Organizations/NKVD

NKVD

Interior ministry of the Soviet Union (1934–1946)

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Dec 14, 2025
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How many Christians were executed or died in Gulag camps specifically for religious reasons?

Estimates of Christians who were executed or died in Soviet camps specifically "for religious reasons" are inconsistent and contested in the sources: some religious and advocacy accounts claim tens of...

Jan 17, 2026
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Which historical comparisons to modern law enforcement have scholars warned are misleading, and why?

Comparisons that liken modern U.S. law enforcement to totalitarian secret police — the Gestapo, NKVD/KGB, SAVAK or the Stasi — are commonly used to express fear about coercive tactics, but scholars wa...

Jan 19, 2026

How have historians estimated clergy executions during the 1937–1938 Great Purge?

Historians estimate clergy executions during the 1937–1938 Great Purge by triangulating fragmentary NKVD files and Politburo orders, contemporary press and church records, and post‑Soviet archival rel...

Jan 9, 2026

to what historical organization or organizations is ICE most similar to

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is institutionally the direct heir to pre‑2003 U.S. immigration and customs agencies — principally the Immigration and Naturalization Service and portion...

Jan 9, 2026

is ICE similar to any secret police organization of the past or present? which organizations, and in what ways

Scholars, journalists, advocacy groups and lawmakers increasingly ask whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resembles historical “secret police,” and the reporting shows clear overlap...

Oct 12, 2025

How did the Soviet Union verify Hitler's death in 1945?

The materials provided for analysis contain no substantive evidence or contemporary documentation describing ; every cited item is a commercial or product listing that only repeats that Hitler is dead...