• CatherineTheSoSo [any]
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    4 years ago

    Fun fact. My grandad got drafted into NKVD in '45 and spend a couple of years guarding some industrial warehouse outside of Moscow. There was no stand-alone police organisation at that point, so NKVD basically included cops and security guards.

    I never got to thank him for his service...

      • CatherineTheSoSo [any]
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        4 years ago

        This is pretty much all I know about it. I never bothered to ask him about his service as a kid, knowing that he didn't actually fight in the war. That's just something my uncle told me later on. Grandpa spent all his service as a security guard and once almost got court marshalled for leaving his post to get drunk.