MGB
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MGB was the Soviet Union’s Ministry of State Security, a key secret police and intelligence agency that operated before being reorganized into the KGB.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intelligence agency
→
secret police organization → state security ministry → |
| activityPeriod |
late Stalin era
→
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| controlledBy |
Joseph Stalin
→
|
| country |
Soviet Union
→
|
| dissolvedInto |
KGB
→
MVD → |
| employerOf |
Soviet intelligence officers
→
secret police agents → |
| engagedIn |
counterespionage
→
espionage → suppression of dissent → |
| followedBy |
KGB
→
MVD → |
| fullName |
Ministry of State Security of the USSR
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|
| headquartersLocation |
Moscow
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|
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
→
Stalinism → |
| jurisdiction |
Soviet Union
→
|
| languageOfName |
Russian
→
|
| nativeName |
Министерство государственной безопасности СССР
→
|
| notableDirector |
Semyon Ignatyev
→
Viktor Abakumov → |
| operatedIn |
Eastern Bloc
→
Soviet Union → |
| opposed |
foreign intelligence services
→
internal political opposition → |
| partOf |
Soviet government
→
|
| precededBy |
NKGB
→
|
| responsibleFor |
counterintelligence
→
domestic intelligence → foreign intelligence → political repression → security of Soviet leadership → state security → surveillance of population → |
| sector |
intelligence and counterintelligence
→
law enforcement → national security → |
| shortName |
MGB
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|
| subordinateTo |
Council of Ministers of the USSR
→
Soviet Communist Party leadership → |
| typeOf |
security and intelligence service
→
|
| usedMethod |
arbitrary arrest
→
infiltration of organizations → interrogation → surveillance → torture → |