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Kharkiv Tragedy
The Kharkiv tragedy was the burning of an NKVD prison by the retreating Red Army in 1941. 1,200 political prisoners were burned alive, including the actor and director Ivan Yakovlevich Yukhimenko, Yukhimenko. The prison was located on Chernyshevsky Street in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Memorial On 17 March 2012, citizens of Kharkiv honored victims of the tragedy for the first time. Participants addressed the toponymic commission of Kharkiv City Council to allow placement of memorials on the Directorate of Police memorial board. References ; Sources Спалені живцем / В.Кисиленко // Газета "Главное". 2012. 10 брезеня. Kharkiv in World War II Massacres in Ukraine NKVD prisoner massacres 1941 in Ukraine Massacres in 1941 {{Ukraine-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. Established in 1917 as NKVD of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the agency was originally tasked with conducting regular police work and overseeing the country's prisons and labor camps. It was disbanded in 1930, with its functions being dispersed among other agencies, only to be reinstated as an all-union commissariat in 1934. The functions of the OGPU (the secret police organization) were transferred to the NKVD around the year 1930, giving it a monopoly over law enforcement activities that lasted until the end of World War II. During this period, the NKVD included both ordinary public order activities, and secret police activities. The NKVD is known for its role in political repression and for carrying out the Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
