The NKVD started out as your regular old Ministry of the Interior. But over time, they grew out to a hugely influential and highly lethal weapon for some of the Soviet Unions leaders.

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IWM HU 106212
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I.M. Bondarenko
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Gunnar Johnsen - Not Safe Yet

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