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The '''Committee for State Security''' ('''CSS'''), known as the '''KGB''' by its Russian acronym, was the main security agency of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] from 1954 to 1991. | The '''Committee for State Security''' ('''CSS'''), known as the '''KGB''' by its Russian acronym, was the main security agency of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] from 1954 to 1991. It succeeded the Cheka, OGPU, and NKVD, among other Soviet secret police agencies, and was affiliated with the Council of Ministers. Internal security, foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and secret police activities were among the many state security operations under the agency's purview. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Комитет государственной безопасности | |
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| Founded | 13 March 1954 |
| Dissolved | 3 December 1991 |
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The Committee for State Security (CSS), known as the KGB by its Russian acronym, was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991. It succeeded the Cheka, OGPU, and NKVD, among other Soviet secret police agencies, and was affiliated with the Council of Ministers. Internal security, foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and secret police activities were among the many state security operations under the agency's purview.
History[edit | edit source]
Yuri Andropov became Chairman of the KGB in 1967 and held the post until 1982. During this period, the KGB investigated and dismissed party officials for corruption and black market activities.[1]
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- ↑ Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Two Trends in Soviet Politics' (pp. 48–50). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717