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Main Directorate of State Security

The Main Directorate of State Security (Russian: Glavnoe upravlenie gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, Главное управление государственной безопасности, ГУГБ, GUGB) was the name of the Soviet Union's most important security body within the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD USSR. At the time of its existence, which was from July 10, 1934 to…

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Headquarters
Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Soviet Union
Agency executives
Genrikh Yagoda (1934–1936) · Yakov Agranov (1936–1937) · Mikhail Frinovsky (1937–1938) · Lavrentiy Beria (1938) · Vsevolod Merkulov (1938–1941)/(1941–1943)
Dissolved
3 February 1941; 85 years ago (1941-02-03)14 April 1943; 83 years ago (1943-04-14)
Formed
10 July 1934; 92 years ago (1934-07-10)20 July 1941; 85 years ago (1941-07-20)
Jurisdiction
Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
Parent agency
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs

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Main Directorate of State Security

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Edges64
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Avg. degree1.97
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related to history · 34
Main Directorate of State Security → Airforce, Army, Death, Defence, Directorate, Following, GUGB, GUGB-NKVD, In April, January, Joint State Political Directorate, Narkomat, Navy, Navy CI, NKGB, NKVD, NKVD USSR, OGPU, On February, On July
related to Organization · 25
Main Directorate of State Security → Artur ArtuzovDepartment, Between, Economics, EKO, Georgy MolchanovForeign Department, Gleb BokiiDepartment, GUGB, In January, Information, INO, Karl PaukerSpecial Department, Lev MironovSpecial Department, Main Directorate, Mark GaiSecret Political Department, OK, OO, Operational Department, SPO, State Security, Statistic
Agency executives · 5
Main Directorate of State Security → Genrikh Yagoda (1934–1936), Lavrentiy Beria (1938), Mikhail Frinovsky (1937–1938), Vsevolod Merkulov (1938–1941)/(1941–1943), Yakov Agranov (1936–1937)
Preceding agencies · 3
Main Directorate of State Security → Cheka (1917–1922), GPU (1922–1923), OGPU (1923–1934)
Dissolved · 1
Main Directorate of State Security → 3 February 1941; 85 years ago (1941-02-03)14 April 1943; 83 years ago (1943-04-14)
Formed · 1
Main Directorate of State Security → 10 July 1934; 92 years ago (1934-07-10)20 July 1941; 85 years ago (1941-07-20)
Headquarters · 1
Main Directorate of State Security → Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Soviet Union
Jurisdiction · 1
Main Directorate of State Security → Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
Parent agency · 1
Main Directorate of State Security → People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
Superseding agency · 1
Main Directorate of State Security → NKGB (1941)/(1943–1946)

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gugb nkvd state security people's internal affairs directorate 1941 secret commissariat february soviet yakov army 1934 rank july nkgb ranks

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Main Directorate of State SecurityAgency executivesGenrikh Yagoda (1934–1936)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityAgency executivesYakov Agranov (1936–1937)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityAgency executivesMikhail Frinovsky (1937–1938)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityAgency executivesLavrentiy Beria (1938)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityAgency executivesVsevolod Merkulov (1938–1941)/(1941–1943)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityDissolved3 February 1941; 85 years ago (1941-02-03)14 April 1943; 83 years ago (1943-04-14)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityFormed10 July 1934; 92 years ago (1934-07-10)20 July 1941; 85 years ago (1941-07-20)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityHeadquartersLubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Soviet Union1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityJurisdictionCouncil of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityParent agencyPeople's Commissariat for Internal Affairs1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityPreceding agenciesCheka (1917–1922)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityPreceding agenciesGPU (1922–1923)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityPreceding agenciesOGPU (1923–1934)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecuritySuperseding agencyNKGB (1941)/(1943–1946)1.00infobox
Main Directorate of State SecurityTypeIntelligence agency Secret police1.00infobox

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