Soviet red order star Medal banner Document NKVD MVD Ukraine Lviv 1941 (1093)

  
People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (NKVD USSR, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) - the central body of state administration of the USSR for combating crime and maintaining public order, in 1934 - 1943 (with a break from February 3 to July 20, 1941) - also ensuring state security. Formed by the decision of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of July 10, 1934 [1]. The NKVD of the USSR included the United State Political Directorate of the USSR, renamed the Main Directorate of State Security (GUGB). The NKVD was responsible for public utilities and construction, other industries, as well as political investigation and the right to pass sentences out of court, the penal system, foreign intelligence, border and internal troops, and counterintelligence in the army. Subsequently, it was transformed into the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in 1946. Pay Pal only Thank you.