<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet leader</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NKVD">NKVD</a> and names <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a> its chief.