The Secret Police of the NKV D

The head of the n k v d was a gui called genrich yagoda. Ow the details of goda's early career are disputable, but he joined the bolshevik before the october revolution and quickly found a home in the cheka. He rose to become its deputy chairman and run day to day operations after it was reorganized as the gpu. And he held that operational position for a decade. In july 19 34 his people's commissaur for internal affairs gave him broad jurisdiction over both the regular police and the secret police.