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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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Committee for State Security	2
Soviet KGB	2
Soviet security services	2
KGB 8th Main Directorate	1
KGB Fifth Chief Directorate (domestic security functions)	1
KGB foreign intelligence	1
KGB of the USSR	1
KGB of the Ukrainian SSR	1
KGB troops	1
Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti	1
NKVD	1
SMERSH	1
Soviet intelligence	1
Soviet security apparatus	1
Stasi	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 (44)

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

KGB → abbreviation → KGB self-link ⓘ

Bulgarian State Security (DS) → alliedAgency → KGB ⓘ

subject surface form: Bulgarian State Security

Order of the Red Star → awardedBy → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB of the USSR

Great Purge → carriedOutBy → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: NKVD

Czechoslovak StB → collaboratedWith → KGB ⓘ

East German Stasi → collaboratedWith → KGB ⓘ

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

MGB → dissolvedInto → KGB ⓘ

Vladimir Kryuchkov → employer → KGB ⓘ

Vladimir Putin → employer → KGB ⓘ

Casino Royale → featuresOrganization → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: SMERSH

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

subject surface form: Smiley’s People

MGB → followedBy → KGB ⓘ

FSB → formedFrom → KGB ⓘ

SVR → formedFrom → KGB ⓘ

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

Live and Let Die → intelligenceAgencyOpposed → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet intelligence

Vladimir Kryuchkov → militaryBranch → KGB ⓘ

Vladimir Putin → militaryBranch → KGB ⓘ

Eastern Bloc security forces → notableExample → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet KGB

Soviet Border Troops → operatedBy → KGB ⓘ

Stalinist repressions → organizer → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet security services

Soviet military officers → partOf → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB troops

Alexander Svanidze → persecutedBy → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet security services

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

this entity surface form: KGB 8th Main Directorate

FSB → predecessor → KGB ⓘ

SVR → predecessor → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB foreign intelligence

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

Soviet Union → securityAgency → KGB ⓘ

Soviet government → securityAgency → KGB ⓘ

Eastern Bloc regimes → securityApparatus → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stasi

Soviet Ukraine → securityOrgan → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB of the Ukrainian SSR

Lubyanka Building → securityServiceHeadquartersFor → KGB ⓘ

DSS → similarTo → KGB ⓘ

Służba Bezpieczeństwa → similarTo → KGB ⓘ

Polish People’s Republic → stateSecurityAlly → KGB ⓘ

Bulgarian Communist Party → stateSecurityOrgan → KGB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security

MVD → successor → KGB ⓘ

NKGB → successor → KGB ⓘ

NKVD → successor → KGB ⓘ

FSB → successorTo → KGB ⓘ

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

Lubyanka Building → usedBy → KGB ⓘ