People's Commissariat for Water Transport

The People's Commissariat for Water Transport (Народный комиссариат водного транспорта, Narodnyy Komissariat Vodnovo Transporta), usually abbreviated Наркомводтранс ("Narkomvodtrans")[1][2] or Наркомвод ("Narkomvod")[3] and also sometimes NKVT,[4] was the Soviet Ministry for Water Transportation. It was responsible, amongst other things, for running the Soviet merchant marine fleet.[3]

  1. ^ Bollinger 2003, p. 22.
  2. ^ Rees 1995, p. 39.
  3. ^ a b Armstrong 2011, p. 19.
  4. ^ "Axis History Forum". w9816. Retrieved 18 May 2012.