nkvd, the commisariat for internal affairs appeared, they handled everything from traffic violations, drug busts, to counterrevolutionary activities and spying. they even had their own military. nkvd was a truly massive organization and whoever controlled it was the second strongest man in the entire soviet union. and if stalin wouldn't be the strong leader he was, he could have easily couped anyone or anything. it was born mostly out of necessity rather than long term as stalin was purging the bolshevik party and needed to have all means at his disposal to prevent factions from hitting back at him. later the nkvd was dismantled for several smaller agencies with more limited scope. that is why the kgb was nowhere near as dangerous to an individual as kgb. russians who have counter revolutionaries in the family always remember the kgb as the polite state agents, but they shiver with fear when it comes to nkvd
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