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The secret police are probably better seen as "political" police, since the various secret police organizations did not perform regular police functions regarding crimes. Also some of the secret police were uniformed, but were assigned to root out political dissenters.
Some uses were
- Forming blocking forces behind regular Red Army troops with orders to shoot their own soldiers if they retreated against orders.
- Interrogate suspected political dissenters using torture.
- Root out people who were against Stalin's orders and plans and have them executed, exiled or imprisoned without trial.
- Encourage people to turn in counter-revolutionaries. They even encouraged children to turn in parents.
- Guard prisoners in the concentration camps and in the GULAG system.
Essentially, the secret political police were used to prevent any type of dissent from official public policies.
The most important responsibilities of the secret police were to identify and root out those hostile to the Soviet regime on their own territory, to combat ‘enemies’ of the regime abroad, and foreign espionage. As such the secret police was the primary apparat of political and cultural repression on Soviet territory.
Stalin's secret police (NKVD) sent people to the gulag camps, and executed people. They had a number of operations to prosecute whole ethnic categories.
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Soviet secret police?
name of the secert police of Italy German and soviet union
Explain the conservative leaders of the traditional Soviet institutions opposed the breakup of the Soviet Union name the institutions these leaders represented?
The possible breakup of the Soviet Union would mean an end to their priviliges - amongst the conservatives were the secret police and the army. hope this helps =)
Was Joseph Stalin head of the SS?
No, Stalin was the head of the Soviet Union and overall head of the secret police, the NKVD. The SS were a group of soldiers forming Hitler's (Germany) bodyguards.The SS was also part of the secret police.
What 2 nations agree to not attack each other in the Nazi soviet pact?
Germany and the Soviet-Union were the two nations that made a pact not to attack each other. The full name of the Soviet Union was the U.S.S.R (United Soviet Socialist Republic). They made this pact so Germany wouldn't have to fight another war on two fronts (the eastern and western fronts). In a secret part of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, Hitler and Stalin (the Pact was secret) agreed to split Poland between them.
What countries had economic growth during the Great Depression?
The Soviet Union
Soviet secret police?
name of the secert police of Italy German and soviet union
Does the Soviet Union have a secret police?
Seeing as the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, no.
When did Bruno Schmidtsdorf die?
Bruno Schmidtsdorf died on February 28, 1938, in Soviet Union of murdered by Stalinist Secret Police.
Explain the conservative leaders of the traditional Soviet institutions opposed the breakup of the Soviet Union name the institutions these leaders represented?
The possible breakup of the Soviet Union would mean an end to their priviliges - amongst the conservatives were the secret police and the army. hope this helps =)
What four letter acronym were the secret police force called in Stalin's time?
KGB was the acronym for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti or Committee for State Security, The State security agency in the former Soviet Union.
How does a totalitarian crush opposition?
Usually, totalitarian regimes have a secret police (KGB in the Soviet Union, Gestapo in Nazi Germany, SAVAK in Imperial Iran etc.) and this secret police will arrest suspected dissidents, jail them, torture them, and disappear them. Anyone who does not agree with the regime is summarily removed this way.
Was Joseph Stalin head of the SS?
No, Stalin was the head of the Soviet Union and overall head of the secret police, the NKVD. The SS were a group of soldiers forming Hitler's (Germany) bodyguards.The SS was also part of the secret police.
What is the nvkd?
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin.
How did Stalin keep power in the Soviet Union?
Stalin used the police state to arrest and either execute or censor anyone who openly opposed or criticized him. This of course maintained his power because without any open opposition, people did pretty much whatever he wanted. This policy did weaken the Soviet union in the long run though, because it killed large numbers of useful and productive members of society, as well as creating resentment against Soviet rule.
Is the soviet union in US?
no, its not! The Soviet Union is Russia.
Which orginazations members were formerly parts of the sovient union?
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What was different about Russia after it became the Soviet Union in 1918?
Russia did not become the Soviet Union in 1918. After the Bolshevik takeover, Russia became the "Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic." (RSFSR) After the Russian Civil War, the RSFSR signed the Soviet Union Treaty with Ukraine, Belorussia and the Transcaucasus Federation (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan). The treaty was ratified in 1924 and the name was changed to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In 1918, differences included the overthrow of the Tsarist rule, the establishment of the Communist government, the abolition of private ownership of property, nationalization of factories, banks and other businesses and the onset of the Russian Civil War. Not much changed for the workers and peasants as they were still oppressed and exploited. The Communist secret police were every bit as cruel as had been the Tsarist secret police. Dissent was still not permitted. The economy of the country even worsened from what it had been under the Tsarist government.
