The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID or the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs) was the state body of the
People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR and the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
responsible for conducting the foreign policy of the Soviet state in 1917-1946:
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People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR (1917-1923)
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People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1923—1946)
The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The enti ...
took over the role of managing external relationships for the Soviet Union from 1946.
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Foreign relations of the Soviet Union
Foreign affairs ministries