Committee for State Security (KGB)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Committee_for_State_Security_(KGB)

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:KGB
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved	1991
gptkbp:emblem	Shield and sword
gptkbp:founded	1954
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Lubyanka_Building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Committee for State Security (KGB)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:motto	Loyalty to the Party, Loyalty to the Motherland
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Комитет_государственной_безопасности
gptkbp:notableAgent	gptkb:Kim_Philby gptkb:Markus_Wolf gptkb:Vladimir_Putin gptkb:Aldrich_Ames gptkb:Oleg_Gordievsky gptkb:Vasili_Mitrokhin gptkb:Richard_Sorge
gptkbp:notableDirector	gptkb:Alexander_Shelepin gptkb:Viktor_Chebrikov gptkb:Ivan_Serov gptkb:Yuri_Andropov gptkb:Vladimir_Kryuchkov gptkb:Vladimir_Semichastny Felix Dzerzhinsky (founder of Cheka, KGB predecessor)
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War gptkb:August_Coup_(1991) gptkb:Prague_Spring_suppression Chernobyl disaster response Soviet dissident surveillance Persecution of religious groups Espionage in the United States Espionage in Western Europe Suppression of samizdat
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Neptune gptkb:Operation_INFEKTION gptkb:Operation_Trust gptkb:Operation_RYAN
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Council_of_Ministers_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Ministry_of_State_Security_(MGB)
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:MI6 gptkb:Stasi gptkb:GRU gptkb:CIA gptkb:Cheka gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:responsibleFor	border security internal security counter-intelligence foreign intelligence secret police activities
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Federal_Protective_Service_(FSO) gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(SVR) gptkb:Federal_Security_Service_(FSB)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ministry_of_State_Security_(MGB)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7