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KGB - Wikipedia The failed coup d'état and the collapse of the USSR heralded the end of the KGB on 3 December 1991 The KGB's modern day successors are the FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) and the SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service)
KGB | Origins, Functions, Significance, Meaning, Facts | Britannica KGB, foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Soviet Union During the Soviet era the KGB’s responsibilities also included the protection of the country’s political leadership, the supervision of border troops, and the general surveillance of the population
KGB: Meaning, Agents Vladimir Putin | HISTORY The KGB was the primary security and intelligence agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until the nation collapsed in 1991 The KGB served a multi-faceted role outside of and within the Soviet
How did the KGB work? - Russia Beyond The newly formed KGB — the abbreviation stands for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee on State Security) — was designed to be accountable to the Soviet political leadership
KGB - Wikiwand The Committee for State Security, abbreviated as KGB was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991 It was the direct successor of precedin
What Was the KGB? (with pictures) - Historical Index The Komitet Gosundarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), or Committee for State Security, was the primary intelligence organization in the Soviet Union from 1954-1991 Many Cold War novels and thriller films feature this agency, which was the largest and possibly the most fearsome intelligence organization in the world at its peak
KGB Functions and Internal Organization - Russia Soviet Intelligence . . . The KGB's tasks were generally defined in official Soviet publications as encompassing four areas: the struggle against foreign spies and agents, the exposure and investigation of political and economic crimes by citizens, the protection of state borders, and the protection of state secrets
KGB | Research Starters - EBSCO Established in Moscow, it operated under a veil of secrecy and was responsible for gathering intelligence, conducting counterintelligence, and enforcing state security regulations The organization was a centralized unit, directly linked to the government, and was notorious for surveilling citizens to ensure compliance with communist ideology
KGB - Oxford Reference Formed in 1953, the KGB was responsible for external espionage, internal counter-intelligence, and internal ‘crimes against the state’ The most famous chairman of the KGB was Yuri Andropov (1967–82) who was Soviet leader (1982–84)