Формування і становлення органів НКВС в південній частині Бессарабії після її входження до складу УРСР (серпень 1940- лютий 1941 рр.)

Annexation of Bessarabia to the USSR June 28, 1940 regardless of the circumstances under which it occurred, was an act of historical justice and radically changed the political situation, as was true of Soviet-style political system, establishing single party system a monopoly of the Communist Party and others. This article reviews formation, structure and activities of the NKVD in the South of Bessarabia from August 1940 to February 1941, its functions, namely, the fi ght against espionage, sabotage, terrorism, fi ghting anti-Soviet manifestations and anti-Soviet elements.