KGB

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government organization intelligence agency security service

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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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
KGB canonical	56
Soviet KGB	3
Committee for State Security	2
KGB of the USSR	2
KGB of the Ukrainian SSR	2
Soviet security services	2
KGB (successor organization)	1
KGB 8th Main Directorate	1
KGB Fifth Chief Directorate (domestic security functions)	1
KGB foreign intelligence	1
KGB of the Estonian SSR	1
KGB of the Kazakh SSR	1
KGB of the Lithuanian SSR	1
KGB troops	1
Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti	1
NKVD	1
SMERSH	1
Soviet intelligence	1
Soviet security apparatus	1
Stasi	1
headquarters of the KGB	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government organization ⓘ intelligence agency ⓘ security service ⓘ
abbreviation	KGB self-link ⓘ
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	KGB self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Committee for State Security KGB self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
headquartersBuilding	Lubyanka Building ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Lubyanka Building ⓘ surface form: Lubyanka Square 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 ⓘ surface form: NKVD (state security functions)
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Union → securityAgency → KGB ⓘ

Great Purge → carriedOutBy → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD

Eastern Bloc regimes → securityApparatus → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stasi

Vladimir Putin → employer → KGB ⓘ

Vladimir Putin → militaryBranch → KGB ⓘ

Soviet military officers → partOf → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB troops

KGB → fullName → KGB self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti

KGB → fullName → KGB self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security

KGB → abbreviation → KGB self-link ⓘ

Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → controls → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet security apparatus

Eastern Bloc security forces → cooperatedWith → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet KGB

Eastern Bloc security forces → notableExample → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet KGB

NKVD → successor → KGB ⓘ

Bulgarian Communist Party → stateSecurityOrgan → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security

Casino Royale → featuresOrganization → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: SMERSH

Live and Let Die → intelligenceAgencyOpposed → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet intelligence

Soviet government → securityAgency → KGB ⓘ

Stalinist repressions → organizer → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet security services

Alexander Svanidze → persecutedBy → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet security services

FSB → predecessor → KGB ⓘ

FSB → formedFrom → KGB ⓘ

FSB → successorTo → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB Fifth Chief Directorate (domestic security functions)

MGB → followedBy → KGB ⓘ

MGB → dissolvedInto → KGB ⓘ

NKGB → successor → KGB ⓘ

SVR → predecessor → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB foreign intelligence

SVR → formedFrom → KGB ⓘ

Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information → precededBy → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB 8th Main Directorate

Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information → relatedTo → KGB ⓘ

Order of the Red Star → awardedBy → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB of the USSR

DSS → similarTo → KGB ⓘ

Smiley’s People (novel) → featuresOrganization → KGB ⓘ

subject surface form: Smiley’s People

Lubyanka Building → usedBy → KGB ⓘ

Lubyanka Building → securityServiceHeadquartersFor → KGB ⓘ

MVD → successor → KGB ⓘ

Vladimir Kryuchkov → employer → KGB ⓘ

Vladimir Kryuchkov → militaryBranch → KGB ⓘ

Służba Bezpieczeństwa → similarTo → KGB ⓘ

Soviet Ukraine → securityOrgan → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB of the Ukrainian SSR

Polish People’s Republic → stateSecurityAlly → KGB ⓘ

Soviet Border Troops → operatedBy → KGB ⓘ

Czechoslovak StB → collaboratedWith → KGB ⓘ

East German Stasi → collaboratedWith → KGB ⓘ

Bulgarian State Security (DS) → alliedAgency → KGB ⓘ

subject surface form: Bulgarian State Security

James Bond universe → includesOrganization → KGB ⓘ

MFA of the USSR → coordinatedWith → KGB ⓘ

Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR → distinctFrom → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB of the USSR

Kazakh SSR → securityOrgan → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB of the Kazakh SSR

Rudolf Abel → employer → KGB ⓘ

Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage) → intelligenceAgencyInvolved → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB (successor organization)