The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID or the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs) was the state body of the
People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR and the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
responsible for conducting the foreign policy of the Soviet state in 1917-1946:
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People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR The People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR (: Narodnyi Komissariat Inostrannykh Del – abbreviated to Narkomindel or NKID) was the central executive state body of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic responsible f ...
(1917-1923)
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People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1923—1946)
The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
took over the role of managing external relationships for the Soviet Union from 1946.
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Foreign relations of the Soviet Union
Foreign affairs ministries