KGB

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The KGB was the Soviet Union’s main security and intelligence organization, responsible for state security, espionage, and political repression during much of the Cold War.

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Generate an image of the KGB (The KGB was the Soviet Union’s main security and intelligence organization, responsible for state security, espionage, and political repression during much of the Cold War.)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government organization ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
security service ⓘ
abbreviation KGB ⓘ
activeDuring Cold War ⓘ
allegiance Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolutionEvent dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
employerOf informants ⓘ
intelligence officers ⓘ
spies ⓘ
establishedBy Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
followedBy FSB ⓘ
Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information ⓘ
Federal Border Guard Service of Russia ⓘ
SVR ⓘ
fullName Committee for State Security ⓘ
linked to: KGB

Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti ⓘ
linked to: KGB
headquartersBuilding Lubyanka Building ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Lubyanka Square ⓘ
linked to: Lubyanka Building

Moscow ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Russian ⓘ
notableActivity counterintelligence operations against NATO ⓘ
disinformation campaigns ⓘ
domestic surveillance of Soviet citizens ⓘ
foreign espionage against Western countries ⓘ
support of pro-Soviet regimes abroad ⓘ
suppression of political dissent ⓘ
precededBy MGB ⓘ
NKGB ⓘ
NKVD (state security functions) ⓘ
linked to: NKVD
role border security ⓘ
counterintelligence ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
secret police ⓘ
state security ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
supervisedBy Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
typeOfOrganization civilian intelligence agency ⓘ
secret police organization ⓘ

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Great Purge → carriedOutBy → NKVD ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Eastern Bloc regimes → securityApparatus → Stasi ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Soviet military officers → partOf → KGB troops ⓘ
linked to: KGB
KGB → fullName → Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti ⓘ
linked to: KGB
KGB → fullName → Committee for State Security ⓘ
linked to: KGB
KGB → abbreviation → KGB ⓘ
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → controls → Soviet security apparatus ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Eastern Bloc security forces → cooperatedWith → Soviet KGB ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Eastern Bloc security forces → notableExample → Soviet KGB ⓘ
linked to: KGB
NKVD → successor → KGB ⓘ
Bulgarian Communist Party → stateSecurityOrgan → Committee for State Security ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Casino Royale → featuresOrganization → SMERSH ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Live and Let Die → intelligenceAgencyOpposed → Soviet intelligence ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Stalinist repressions → organizer → Soviet security services ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Alexander Svanidze → persecutedBy → Soviet security services ⓘ
linked to: KGB
FSB → predecessor → KGB ⓘ
FSB → formedFrom → KGB ⓘ
FSB → successorTo → KGB Fifth Chief Directorate (domestic security functions) ⓘ
linked to: KGB
MGB → followedBy → KGB ⓘ
MGB → dissolvedInto → KGB ⓘ
NKGB → successor → KGB ⓘ
SVR → predecessor → KGB foreign intelligence ⓘ
linked to: KGB
SVR → formedFrom → KGB ⓘ
Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information → precededBy → KGB 8th Main Directorate ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Order of the Red Star → awardedBy → KGB of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: KGB
DSS → similarTo → KGB ⓘ
Smiley’s People → featuresOrganization → KGB ⓘ
subject linked to: Smiley’s People (novel)
MVD → successor → KGB ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine → securityOrgan → KGB of the Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Bulgarian State Security → alliedAgency → KGB ⓘ
subject linked to: Bulgarian State Security (DS)
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR → distinctFrom → KGB of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Kazakh SSR → securityOrgan → KGB of the Kazakh SSR ⓘ
linked to: KGB
Rudolf Abel → employer → KGB ⓘ
Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage) → intelligenceAgencyInvolved → KGB (successor organization) ⓘ
linked to: KGB