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History

Restructuring Beria Ivan Serov Secretary Leonid Brezhnev

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In the US

GRU Julian Wadleigh Boris Bazarov Iskhak Akhmerov CPUSA

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Notable operations

Trust Operation White Guards Spanish Ramón Mercader Leon Trotsky

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Organisation

Troops Soviet Border Troops General Staff EW ELINT

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Headquarters: Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Soviet Union
Agency executive: Chairman
Child agencies: Foreign intelligence: First Chief Directorate · Counter-Intelligence: Second Chief Directorate · Political police: Fifth Chief Directorate · Cryptography: Eighth Chief Directorate · Protective Service: Ninth Chief Directorate
Dissolved: 3 December 1991; 34 years ago (1991-12-03)
Formed: 13 March 1954; 72 years ago (1954-03-13)
Jurisdiction: Central Committee and Council of Ministers · (1954–1990) · Supreme Council and President · (1990–1991)

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Russian Russian language
Romanised Romanization of Russian
Security agency
Soviet Union
Secret police
Cheka
OGPU Joint State Political Directorate
NKVD
Council of Ministers Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Foreign intelligence Intelligence agency
Counter-intelligence
Republics of the Soviet Union
Russian SFSR Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Military service
Soviet Army
MVD Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)
Internal Troops
Foreign intelligence
Dissent Soviet dissidents
Foreign Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)
Federal Security Service
1991–1992 South Ossetia War South Ossetia war (1991–1992)
Republic of South Ossetia
Belarus
KGB of the Byelorussian SSR Committee for State Security of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Belarusian KGB State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Organisation

Troops KGB Security Troops
Soviet Border Troops
General Staff Soviet General Staff
EW Electronic warfare
ELINT
Kremlin Guard Force Kremlin Regiment
Vympel Group Vympel
RECON Reconnaissance
R&D
KGB of Ukrainian SSR Committee for State Security (Ukraine)
Security Service of Ukraine
KGB of Moldovan SSR Committee for State Security of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Latvian SSR Committee for State Security of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Georgian SSR Committee for State Security of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Armenian SSR Committee for State Security of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Azerbaijan SSR Committee for State Security of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Kyrgyz SSR Committee for State Security of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Uzbek SSR Committee for State Security of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Turkmen SSR Committee for State Security of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB of Tajik SSR Committee for State Security of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
Collegium Collegium (ministry)
Third Chief Directorate Military counterintelligence of the Soviet Army
Ninth Chief Directorate Ninth Chief Directorate (KGB)
Moscow VIP subway Metro-2
Federal Protective Service Federal Protective Service (Russia)
Laboratory 12 Poison laboratory of the Soviet secret services
Spetsnaz
Special operations
Presidium Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Time Time (magazine)

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Sources

Andrew, Christopher Christopher Andrew (historian)
Mitrokhin, Vasili Vasili Mitrokhin
ISBN ISBN (identifier)

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KGB

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related to Further reading · 77

KGB → Amy, Archived, Ben, Birstein, Books, Catherine, Cheka-OGPU-NKVD-NKGB-MGB-MVD-KGB, Cold War, Cold War Studies, Counterintelligence, December, Dzerzhinsky Council, Dziak Chekisty, Eastern Europe, Fitzpatrick, Future Farrar Straus Giroux, Handbook, History, Intelligence History, ISBN

related to Organisation · 64

KGB → Alpha Group, Analytical Directorate, Arbitration, Archive, At, Border, Border Troops, Centre, Chairman, Close, Close Protection Service, Combat, Consultants, Counter-Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence Support, Cryptography, Department, Directorate, ELINT, EW

related to Directorates · 43

KGB → Armed Forces, Border Guards Directorate, Constitutional, Directorate, Economic Counter-intelligence, Eighteenth Chief Directorate, Eighth Chief Directorate, Federal Protective Service, Fifteenth Directorate, Fifth Chief Directorate, First Chief Directorate, Foreign Intelligence Service, Foreign Operations, Fourth Directorate, FPS, Government, Guards, Investigations, Investigative Department, KGB Protection Service

related to Republican affiliations · 39

KGB → Armenian SSRKGB, Azerbaijan SSR, AzerbaijanKGB, Belarus, Belarusian SSR, CSS, DTK, EstoniaKGB, Estonian SSR, Federal Counterintelligence Service, Federal Security Service, GeorgiaKGB, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSRKGB, KDB, KSU, Kyrgyz SSRKGB, Latvian SSR, LithuaniaKGB, Lithuanian SSR

related to Afghanistan · 38

KGB → Afghanistan, Alexander Puzanov, April, Babrak Karmal, Council, December, During, FCD, Gulabzoy, Hafizullah Amin, Kabul, Kabul-based KGB, Major General Sayed Mohammad, Mammad, Ministers, Moscow, Muhammad Rafi, Niruz, Nur Muhammad Taraki, On

related to Bangladesh · 37

KGB → Air Vice-Marshal, American, Andropov, BAKSAL, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Chittagong, Dhaka, During, February, In, In August, In June, Indian, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, May, Moudud Ahmed, Muhammad Ghulam Tawab, Mujib, October

related to Sources · 36

KGB → Andrew, Barron, Basic Books, Battle, Christopher, Christopher Andrew, Cold War Espionage, Encyclopedia, Enigma Books, Europe, Gardners Books, ISBN, Knight, Mitrokhin, Our Way, Police, Politics, Reader's Digest Press, Robert Miller, Secret History

related to External links · 24

KGB → Affairs Digital ArchivesViktor, Alexander Vassiliev's Notebooks, Century, Chebrikov, Cold War International History, CWIHP, Dean Peter Krogh Foreign, English Translation, History, Istoriya, Media, Project, Russian, Russian Publications, Slaves, Soviet IntelligenceSoviet Technospies, Soviet Organs, State Security, The, The Chekist Monitor Blog

see also · 23

KGB → Afghanistan, Agency, Belarusian KGBCentral Social Affairs, DepartmentChronology, Government Communications, Homeland SecurityDirección, InformationFIAHistory, InteligenciaEastern Bloc, Internal AffairsMinistry, KGB SSSRSecurity Service, KHAD, LaosMinistry, Military, Numbers, Peace Council, Public Security, Security, Soviet, Soviet Union, State SecurityMitrokhin ArchiveNational Directorate

related to history · 22

KGB → Aleksandr Shelepin, Beria, Brezhnev, Brezhnev's, Committee, Ivan Serov, June, KGB Chairman, Khrushchev, March, MVD, Party, Premier Nikita Khrushchev, Restructuring, Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Serov's, Shelepin, Shelepin's, State Control, Trade Union Council

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soviet intelligence security russian service state 1991 government party directorate union counter-intelligence secret foreign chief main isbn ussr time war

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
KGB	Agency executive	Chairman	1.00	infobox
KGB	Child agencies	Foreign intelligence: First Chief Directorate	1.00	infobox
KGB	Child agencies	Counter-Intelligence: Second Chief Directorate	1.00	infobox
KGB	Child agencies	Political police: Fifth Chief Directorate	1.00	infobox
KGB	Child agencies	Cryptography: Eighth Chief Directorate	1.00	infobox
KGB	Child agencies	Protective Service: Ninth Chief Directorate	1.00	infobox
KGB	Child agencies	Chief Directorate of Border Forces	1.00	infobox
KGB	Dissolved	3 December 1991; 34 years ago (1991-12-03)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Formed	13 March 1954; 72 years ago (1954-03-13)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Headquarters	Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Soviet Union	1.00	infobox
KGB	Jurisdiction	Central Committee and Council of Ministers	1.00	infobox
KGB	Jurisdiction	(1954–1990)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Jurisdiction	Supreme Council and President	1.00	infobox
KGB	Jurisdiction	(1990–1991)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Motto	Loyalty to the party – Loyalty to the motherland	1.00	infobox
KGB	Motto	Верность партии — Верность Родине	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	Cheka (1917–1922)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	GPU (1922–1923)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	OGPU (1923–1934)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	NKVD (1934–1943)GUGB (1934–1941/1941–1943)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	NKVD (1934–1943)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	GUGB (1934–1941/1941–1943)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	NKGB (February–July 1941/1943–1946)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	MGB (1946–1953)MVD (1953–1954)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	MGB (1946–1953)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Preceding agencies	MVD (1953–1954)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Superseding agencies	MSB (1991)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Superseding agencies	TsSR (1991)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Superseding agencies	AFB (1991)	1.00	infobox
KGB	Superseding agencies	KOGG (1991)	1.00	infobox

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