What did the NKVD do to people?
The main function of the NKVD was to protect the state security of the Soviet Union. This role was accomplished through massive political repression, including authorised murders of many thousands of politicians and citizens, as well as kidnappings, assassinations and mass deportations.
How many were killed by the NKVD?
Archeological excavations were carried out during several days (July 6-15). The conclusions were published in January 1989: they indicated that the NKVD (People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs) officers killed no less than 30,000 civilians from 1937 until summer 1941.
What did KGB do?
The KGB’s tasks were generally defined in official Soviet publications as encompassing four areas: the struggle against foreign spies and agents, the exposure and investigation of political and economic crimes by citizens, the protection of state borders, and the protection of state secrets.
Did the USSR have serial killers?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial killing as “a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone”….Soviet era (1917–1991)
| Name | Chikatilo, Andrei |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1978–1990 |
| Proven victims | 52 |
| Possible victims | 57 |
| Status | Executed 1994 |
What did the hammer and sickle represent?
The hammer and sickle (Unicode: “☭”) is a symbol meant to represent proletarian solidarity – a union between the peasantry (pre-industrial term) and the working class. It was first adopted during the Russian Revolution, the hammer representing workers and the sickle representing the farmers.
What were the secret police in Russia?
Cheka
Cheka, also called Vecheka, early Soviet secret police agency and a forerunner of the KGB (q.v.).
What was the KGB called before?
KGB
| Комитет государственной безопасности КГБ СССР Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti KGB SSSR | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 13 March 1954 |
| Preceding agencies | Cheka (1917–1922) GPU (1922–1923) OGPU (1923–1934) NKVD (1934–1946) NKGB (February–July 1941/1943–1946) MGB (1946–1953) |
| Dissolved | 3 December 1991 |