Committee for State Security

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The Committee for State Security, commonly known as the KGB, was the main security, intelligence, and secret police agency of the Soviet Union during much of the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government organization
intelligence agency
secret police
security agency
abbreviation KGB
КГБ
allegiance Communist Party of the Soviet Union
alsoKnownAs Soviet KGB
linked to: KGB
buildingTypeOfHeadquarters former insurance company building
commonName KGB
controlledBy Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
dissolved 1991
emblem shield and sword symbol
headquarters Lubyanka Building
headquartersCountry Soviet Union
headquartersLocation Moscow
ideology Marxism–Leninism
inception 1954
jurisdiction Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
language Russian
legalStatus state committee
nativeName Комитет государственной безопасности
Комитет государственной безопасности СССР
notableHead Alexander Shelepin
Viktor Chebrikov
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Yuri Andropov
notableOperationType active measures
counterespionage
disinformation
espionage
political repression
operatedDuring Cold War
parentOrganization Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
predecessor MGB
Ministry of State Security
NKGB
NKVD security and intelligence directorates
linked to: NKVD
primaryRole border security
counterintelligence
foreign intelligence
secret police operations
state security
surveillance of population
regionServed Soviet Union
scope domestic security
international intelligence
successor Committee for the Protection of the State Border of the USSR
Federal Counterintelligence Service
Federal Security Service
Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia

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KGB 16th Directorate partOf Committee for State Security
Cuban State Security inspiredBy Soviet KGB
linked to: Committee for State Security
Министерство государственной безопасности СССР followedBy Комитет государственной безопасности при Совете Министров СССР
linked to: Committee for State Security
Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii formedFrom Committee for State Security of the USSR
linked to: Committee for State Security
Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) distinctFrom Committee for State Security (KGB)
linked to: Committee for State Security
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People's Republic cooperatedWith Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union
linked to: Committee for State Security
Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus cooperatesWith State Security Committee of Belarus
linked to: Committee for State Security
Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria collaboratedWith Committee for State Security (Soviet KGB)
linked to: Committee for State Security
Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment partOf Ministry for State Security
linked to: Committee for State Security
Държавна сигурност cooperatedWith КГБ
linked to: Committee for State Security
Security Service of Ukraine precededBy Committee for State Security of the Ukrainian SSR
linked to: Committee for State Security
Ninth Chief Directorate of the KGB parentOrganization Committee for State Security (KGB)
linked to: Committee for State Security
Ninth Chief Directorate of the KGB partOf Committee for State Security (KGB)
linked to: Committee for State Security
KGB counterintelligence directorates partOf Committee for State Security (KGB)
linked to: Committee for State Security
Committee for State Security nativeName Комитет государственной безопасности
linked to: Committee for State Security
Committee for State Security nativeName Комитет государственной безопасности СССР
linked to: Committee for State Security
KGB 8th Main Directorate partOf Committee for State Security (KGB)
linked to: Committee for State Security
Department K partOf Committee for State Security
Department A parentOrganization Committee for State Security (KGB)
linked to: Committee for State Security