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Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti 1
(Russian:
Комитет Государственной Безопасности),
commonly abbreviated
to KGB (КГБ), was the national security agency of the
Soviet Union (USSR)
from 1954 to 1991. Following WWII,
it was established in 1954 as the successor
to the Cheka,
the NKVD, NKGB and MGB. The KGB existed alongside the
Foreign Military Intelligence Service
GRU.
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It was a military service that dealt
with foreign intelligence, operative-investigatory activities, guarding
the borders of the USSR and guarding the interests of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the KGB was split into
the Federal Security Service (FSB)
and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
In mid-1992, under President Boris Yeltsin,
the Ninth Chief Directorate of the former KGB
— responsible for the protection of the President and other VIPs —
became the Main Guard Directorate (GUO). In 1996, it was re-organised to
the Federal Protective Service (FSO) [2][3].
During the Cold War,
the KGB was notorious for espionage and covert actvities
in many countries, often under the cover and protection of the
local Soviet Embassy. Although the KGB was known to carry out such operations
frequently, it is also possible that activities of other
Soviet agencies, like the
GRU and the SVR,
are falsely attributed to the KGB.
➤ Successor: FSB
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Translated: Committee for State Security.
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KGB equipment on this website
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The Thing is also known as The Great Seal Bug, LOSS, RAINDEER and
Северный олень.
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As the official name is unknown, this nickname is suggested by us.
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![Orginal emblem of the KGB. Image via Wikipedia [1].](img/kgb_logo.png){kind=logo}
