Committee for State Security

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government organization intelligence agency secret police security agency

The Committee for State Security, commonly known as the KGB, was the main security, intelligence, and secret police agency of the Soviet Union during much of the Cold War.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Committee for State Security canonical	2
Committee for State Security (KGB)	1
Committee for State Security (Soviet KGB)	1
Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union	1
Committee for State Security of the USSR	1
Committee for State Security of the Ukrainian SSR	1
Ministry for State Security	1
Soviet KGB	1
State Security Committee of Belarus	1
КГБ	1
Комитет государственной безопасности при Совете Министров СССР	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government organization ⓘ intelligence agency ⓘ secret police ⓘ security agency ⓘ
abbreviation	KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ КГБ ⓘ
allegiance	Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soviet KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingTypeOfHeadquarters	former insurance company building ⓘ
commonName	KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy	Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ
emblem	shield and sword symbol ⓘ
headquarters	Lubyanka Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
inception	1954 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
legalStatus	state committee ⓘ
nativeName	Комитет государственной безопасности NERFINISHED ⓘ Комитет государственной безопасности СССР NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableHead	Alexander Shelepin NERFINISHED ⓘ Viktor Chebrikov NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Kryuchkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Andropov NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOperationType	active measures ⓘ counterespionage ⓘ disinformation ⓘ espionage ⓘ political repression ⓘ
operatedDuring	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	MGB NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of State Security NERFINISHED ⓘ NKGB NERFINISHED ⓘ NKVD security and intelligence directorates NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	border security ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ foreign intelligence ⓘ secret police operations ⓘ state security ⓘ surveillance of population ⓘ
regionServed	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	domestic security ⓘ international intelligence ⓘ
successor	Committee for the Protection of the State Border of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Counterintelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Security Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation → precededBy → Committee for State Security ⓘ

KGB 16th Directorate → partOf → Committee for State Security ⓘ

Cuban State Security → inspiredBy → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet KGB

Министерство государственной безопасности СССР → followedBy → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Комитет государственной безопасности при Совете Министров СССР

Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii → formedFrom → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security of the USSR

Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) → distinctFrom → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security (KGB)

Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People's Republic → cooperatedWith → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union

Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus → cooperatesWith → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: State Security Committee of Belarus

Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria → collaboratedWith → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security (Soviet KGB)

Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment → partOf → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security

Държавна сигурност → cooperatedWith → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: КГБ

Security Service of Ukraine → precededBy → Committee for State Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for State Security of the Ukrainian SSR