The NKVD started out as your regular old Ministry of the Interior. But over time, they grew out to a hugely influential and highly lethal weapon for some of the Soviet Union's leaders.
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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Written by: Joram Appel and Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Research by: Joram Appel
Edited by: Miki Cackowski
Sound design: Marek Kamiński
Map animations: Eastory ([ Ссылка ])
Colorizations by:
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Mikołaj Uchman
Julius Jääskeläinen - [ Ссылка ]
Dememorabilia - [ Ссылка ]
Sources:
Picture of Lavrentiy Beria in court, courtesy of Фотограф - Ист.доки [ Ссылка ]
Yad Vashem 1019-2, 143EO1, 55AO6
IWM HU 106212
USHMM
I.M. Bondarenko
from the Noun Project: border police by IcoLabs, fire building by dDara, Police by Cuputo, Skull by Muhamad Ulum
Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound:
Reynard Seidel - Deflection
Johannes Bornlof - Deviation In Time
Farrell Wooten - Blunt Object
Andreas Jamsheree - Guilty Shadows 4
Fluow - Endlessness
Johannes Bornlof - The Inspector 4
Gunnar Johnsen - Not Safe Yet
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A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.
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