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NKGB

American  

  1. in the U.S.S.R., the government's secret-police organization (1941–46).

NKGB British  

abbreviation

  1. (formerly) People's Commissariat of State Security: the Soviet secret police from 1943 to 1946

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Etymology

Origin of NKGB

< Russian N ( aródnyĭ ) k ( omissariát ) g ( osudárstvennoĭ ) b ( ezopásnosti ) People's Commissariat for State Security

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