Paramilitary units under the control of NKVD in the western Soviet Union
Extermination battalion
Active
24 June 1941 – 1954
Country
Soviet Union
Type
Paramilitary
Role
Internal security
Size
c. 328,000 (1941)
Part of
NKVD Soviet Armed Forces
Anniversaries
24 June
Engagements
Eastern front
Kautla massacre
Commanders
Notable commanders
Lavrentiy Beria (general command)
Military unit
Extermination battalions or destruction battalions, [nb 1] colloquially istrebitels (истребители, "exterminators", "destroyers") abbreviated: istrebki (Russian), strybki (Ukrainian),[1][2]stribai (Lithuanian), were paramilitary units under the control of NKVD in the western Soviet Union, which performed tasks of internal security on the Eastern Front and after it. After the Fall of the Soviet Union the battalions were deemed by the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) to be a criminal entity.[3]
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^Okupatsioonirežiimi kuritegudest Eestis [On Crimes of the Occupational Regime in Estonia] Riigi Teataja from 18 June 2002
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