Features of the legal status of the military personnel of the NKVD during the Great Patriotic War

Butov Sergey Valerievich

this article discusses the features of the legal status of the military personnel of the NKVD during the Great Patriotic War. The material and technical, clothing, medical support of these persons is analyzed. Substantiates the features of the material and legal regulation of service and combat activities of military personnel of the troops of the NKVD of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. The normative acts of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR adopted in the forties and created the legal basis for the activities of the NKVD of the USSR in wartime are analyzed. The author comes to the conclusion about the wide prevalence of measures of material and legal incentives during the war years in relation to the military personnel of the NKVD troops, as well as their sufficient effectiveness.

Keywords:NKVD, logistics, clothing, medical support, Great Patriotic War, incentive payments, legal status of NKVD troops