Soviet intelligence community

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intelligence community state security apparatus

The Soviet intelligence community was the network of state security and espionage agencies of the Soviet Union, including organizations like the KGB, responsible for foreign intelligence, domestic surveillance, and political control during the Cold War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet intelligence	8
Soviet intelligence services	4
Soviet intelligence service	1
Soviet security services	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intelligence community ⓘ state security apparatus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soviet intelligence services NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet security and intelligence apparatus NERFINISHED ⓘ
component	Cheka NERFINISHED ⓘ FAPSI NERFINISHED ⓘ Fifth Chief Directorate of the KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ First Chief Directorate of the KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ GPU NERFINISHED ⓘ GRU NERFINISHED ⓘ Glavlit NERFINISHED ⓘ KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ MGB NERFINISHED ⓘ MVD NERFINISHED ⓘ Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ NKGB NERFINISHED ⓘ NKVD NERFINISHED ⓘ OGPU NERFINISHED ⓘ SMERSH NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Chief Directorate of the KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Chief Directorate of the KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ border troops of the KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
employerOf	illegal residents ⓘ informants ⓘ intelligence officers ⓘ spies ⓘ
endTime	1991 ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
influenced	Eastern Bloc security services NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw Pact intelligence services NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOperation	atomic espionage against the United States ⓘ penetration of Western governments ⓘ support for communist parties abroad ⓘ suppression of internal dissent ⓘ
opposedBy	NATO intelligence services NERFINISHED ⓘ United States intelligence community NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversightBy	Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Politburo of the CPSU NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Soviet state apparatus ⓘ
primaryFunction	counterintelligence ⓘ covert influence operations ⓘ disinformation campaigns ⓘ domestic surveillance ⓘ espionage against Western countries ⓘ foreign intelligence ⓘ political repression ⓘ protection of Communist Party rule ⓘ
startTime	1917 ⓘ
successor	Russian intelligence community ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
usedMethod	assassination operations ⓘ blackmail ⓘ censorship ⓘ covert action ⓘ front organizations ⓘ human intelligence ⓘ propaganda ⓘ recruitment of agents of influence ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ surveillance of dissidents ⓘ technical intelligence ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Caridad del Río Hernández → affiliation → Soviet intelligence community ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet intelligence services

Ignacy Witczak → affiliation → Soviet intelligence community ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet intelligence services

Red Room → affiliation → Soviet intelligence community ⓘ