Which former head of NKVD (The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) in USSR was executed in 1953 for treason after the death of Stalin?
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) Russian SFSR. After the establishment of the USSR there was no Soviet (federal) NKVD until 1934. In March 1946, all of the People's Commissariats (NK) were redesignated as Ministries (M). The NKVD was renamed the MVD of the USSR, along with its former subordinate, the NKGB which became the MGB of the USSR. The NKVDs of Union Republics also became Ministries of Internal Affairs subordinate to MVD of the USSR. Secret police became a part of MVD after Lavrenty Beria merged the MGB into the MVD in March 1953. Within a year Beria's downfall caused the MVD to be split
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs units dressed as Ukrainian Insurgent Army fighters People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs units dressed as Ukrainian Insurgent Army fighters During the Soviet struggle to establish control over Western Ukraine, NKVD units dressed as UPA fighters committed atrocities in order to demoralize the civilian population, and to turn the people against nationalist groups. Some of the NKVD units consisted of former UPA members. From the November 1944 NKVD starting usage of so-called “special groups” composed from voluntarily surrendered OUN and UPA members and, sometimes, 1 of NKVD communication officer. Their tasks were: As of June 20, 1945 such groups were numbered 156 with 1783 of personnel. Since summer