NKVD Essays

if they signed the NKVD papers. If they signed the papers they would have been able to send letters, they would’ve been treated better by the NKVD officers, and they would’ve never been held to a twenty-five year sentence hard work labor sentence. With these rights they would be stronger. They would be able to communicate with others and they would be able to trade to get what they needed. They would’ve been better off with signing. One of the main advantages of signing the NKVD papers, was the ability

This novel is the best novel about British India, and one of the most breathtaking stories of espionage, Rudyard Kipling’s Kim published in 1901. Kim became the symbol of the "Great Game", that curious era of shadow boxing between Britain and Russia played out on the North West Frontier, Afghanistan, Persia, and Central Asia. The prosper of Russian territorial annexation and gains in Central Asia during the nineteenth century was spectacular and unbelievable, and a brief look at the map will confirm

Similarities & Differences Between Napoleon & Stalin George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a famous novel written about the life and times of a group of animals living on a farm and fighting for their survival and a new way of life. The pigs in this story become the main leaders while all the other characters obey and fear them. The story is an allegory to the then rise of Joseph Stalin, an influential and evil communist leader. The character ‘Napoleon’ the pig in George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm is an

Despite the language of discrimination and violence Sepetys uses for the NKVD to suppress the Lithuanians to lower their place in society. It is the language of strength and hope that beats the NKVD and brings the Lithuanians to freedom. First Sepetys uses the language of discrimination and violence for the NKVD to suppress the Lithuanians to lower their place in society. “The truck stopped in front of the hospital. Everyone seemed relieved that they would tend to the bald man’s injuries. But they

1984 and the Russian NKVD Savanna Fries Honors Literature II Mr. Spalding 10 May 2024 Imagine living in a society with no control over yourself and constantly tortured and manipulated. In George Orwell's novel “1984”, the Party contains control and power through strong surveillance, threats, and the use of propaganda to their society. Similar to the Russian NKVD and the ways of the Soviet secret police. The acts of the NKVD spark terror and are a reflection of the dangers unchecked

negative effect on the average citizens. The name that was given to Stalin's secret police was the NKVD and some of the negative effects they had on citizens was that they were responsible for a lot of deaths, they caused lots of fear for the citizens throughout the country and the NKVD would cause lots of pain for the citizens and their families by sending them to labour camps. The main function of the NKVD was to assassinate anybody that Stalin ordered them to.1 In the book, Animal Farm, it clearly

will enable one to understand who was responsible and how they carried out this event. Those accused of treason by Stalin were arrested and sent to gulags - harsh political labor camps where they were questioned. For example, “The NKVD…

The NKVD soldiers are very disrespectful and have no regard for human life. They treat the Lithuanians with no respect and express cruelty towards them, in a very casual way. One example of this is when Ona is shot by an NKVD officer. Lina says, "Ona stood up and stomped her right foot. The commander stepped up and pulled Ona from the truck...The commander pulled

cover photographs of party officials that have been executed. Ida Slavin describes the arrest of her father, IIia a leading figure who had joined the Bolsheviks in 1921. It was the 5th of November 1937. The NKVD arrived at 1;00am. Second Paragraph: Looking around my father’s office, the NKVD officer (I shall always remember his name: Beigel) would sigh from time to time: “What a lot of books you have. I am a student and I don’t have this many books.” Leafing through the books he would stop whenever

would be in foreign allies’ and enemies’ territories blending in and gathering political and military information. The NKVD focused on the internal affairs and helped Stalin by exiling or executing anyone who was perceived as a threat. They were an “instrument of terror as Joseph Stalin used it to promote his political and social objectives” (“NKVD” 1). Since the formidable NKVD was the main source of fear to the people, Stalin believed that they would be helpful in getting rid of his political and

Between Shades of Gray is a story about a teenager named Lina and her family being taken from her home in Lithuania and brought to Serbia by the NKVD to then be put into concentration camps. The Crucible is a play about the Salem Witch trials in 1692 where some young girls claim to have been affected by whichcraft. Both these stories have similar themes that develop throughout. Irony, authority and hysteria are some of the themes The Crucible and Between Shades of Gray shares. Both Between Shades

4. Literary Devices Imagery is found amongst the whole novel, it helps the readers to visualize what is happening from the characters point of view. When Lina had to draw a man from a photograph, she felt that her “skin prickled at the sight of [the commander]” when he was standing over her (Sepetys 174). This allows us to feel how Lina felt while having to draw for the NVKD. Flashbacks are another prevalent literary device as it gives us background information to understand the novel better. An

wherever they are. In the book, an NKVD guard violated Lina's right to privacy when he forced her and others to take their clothes off and then proceeded to groped Lina which made her feel unsafe and uncomfortable in her own body and she explained her mental state by thinking in the book, “His touch, the rough hand on me, made me feel sick, and dirtier on the inside than I was on the outside.” Lena might have a hard time in the future trusting people since the NKVD officer invaded her body without

Komissariat Vnutrennykh Del (the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs) administrative powers. The NKVD was a huge problem the Soviet Union, Vyshinksii only pointed out flaws and abused against the Soviet Citizens. The NKVD punished and persecuted many Soviet citizens as well as Americans during the time of war they also executed many of the Union Communist party. The main purpose of the NKVD was to protect the Soviet Union and to ensure this was accomplished through

treason, espionage, diversion, terrorism and wrecking as said in (Scales, Diann, "Stalin and the purges"). One of the men on trial here was head of the NKVD, Henry Yagoda. The NKVD was how stalin was able to arrest so many people. The NKVD was Stalin’s secret police in Russia. They were watching for anyone who spoke poorly of him to arrest them. The NKVD was able to spread fear through their force which led to

1937 and 1938 Stalin's purges and impact on Red Army preparedness Contrary to public beliefs, Stalin, though perceived as the All-Mighty leader of Soviet Union (helped by the NKVD secret police forces and never-ending denunciations), was in reality a "Lone Wolf". He knew that he had very few trustful aides who could shield him from potential upraisings (either coming from immensely frustrated populalation of the Army). This is easily understood as his methods of expediting accusations through tortures

Besides beating, sleep deprivation and psychological torment, the NKVD interrogators employed other barbaric and hideous techniques to squeeze out the desirable testimonies from the arrested “enemies of the people.” In the exceptional cases they utilized air pumps, hot rods, bottles (which were shoved into the anus or vagina), rats (which were, for example, placed in the heated can, upon which the inmates were sited; I heard also that the rats could have been sewn-in to the abdomen of the inmate)

signed didn’t mean that she wasn’t homesick" (Sepetys, 201). This scene demonstrates the theme of unity because everyone shares stories, which gives them a sense of unity and understanding toward each other. Lina’s mother also invites a woman who signed NKVD papers, which supports the theme of unity because she includes people she may not agree with to celebrate Christmas together. Yet in Night, a Blockälteste gives Elie the following advice, “‘Don’t forget you are in a concentration camp. In this place

happy during labour camps and get to see many smiles. Also, another part of the novel there is a very special moment about love coming first and trying to help others. An NKVD inspector is ordering the officer's to get, “Raw fish for these little ones, immediately. Who else is sick?” (332) for the sick children. Knowing that NKVD is trying to help the people in sickness is very helpful because the prisoners are on the verge from dying. The inspector is giving the prisoners hope and care that he will

murder was planned by Stalin and the NKVD, the security and law enforcement of the Soviet government. Stalin doubted the loyalty of the Leningrad, so he sent Nikolaev to murder Sergei Kirov. This event was Stalin’s reason to create harsh laws for political crime. After this, many party members were blamed for Kirov’s murder and arrested (Repression and Terror: Kirov Murder and Purges). Beginning in 1936, Stalin had three Moscow Trials held. Stalin had the NKVD execute thousands of people in 1937 (Memorial