Soviet Border Troops

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border guard force paramilitary organization security agency

The Soviet Border Troops were a militarized security force responsible for guarding and controlling the frontiers of the Soviet Union, operating under the KGB for much of their existence.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
KGB Border Troops	4
Border Guard of the NKVD	1
Soviet Border Guards	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border guard force ⓘ paramilitary organization ⓘ security agency ⓘ
allegiance	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soviet Border Troops ⓘ surface form: KGB Border Troops Soviet Border Troops ⓘ surface form: Soviet Border Guards
controlledBy	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolvedIn	1991 ⓘ
distinctFrom	Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ surface form: Internal Troops of the MVD Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Army regular police of the USSR ⓘ
employer	Soviet border guards ⓘ
existedUntil	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
followedBy	Federal Border Guard Service of Russia ⓘ surface form: Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia State Border Guard Service of Ukraine ⓘ border guard services of post‑Soviet states ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction	airspace border control in cooperation with other forces ⓘ land borders of the USSR ⓘ maritime borders of the USSR ⓘ state borders of the USSR ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
militaryBranch	Soviet Border Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: KGB Border Troops
operatedBy	KGB ⓘ
partOf	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Armed forces of the Soviet Union (in wartime planning) Soviet state security organs ⓘ surface form: Soviet state security system
precededBy	Soviet Border Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Border Guard of the NKVD Border Troops of the MGB ⓘ
role	anti‑smuggling operations ⓘ border protection ⓘ counter‑infiltration ⓘ frontier control ⓘ immigration control at borders ⓘ protection of strategic border facilities ⓘ support to Soviet armed forces in wartime ⓘ surveillance of border regions ⓘ
subordinateTo	Министерство государственной безопасности СССР ⓘ surface form: Committee for State Security
task	control movement of people and goods across borders ⓘ prevent espionage across borders ⓘ prevent illegal border crossings ⓘ
timePeriod	Soviet era ⓘ
usedEquipment	armored vehicles ⓘ patrol boats ⓘ small arms ⓘ surveillance systems ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Soviet Border Troops → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Border Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB Border Troops

Soviet Border Troops → alsoKnownAs → Soviet Border Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Border Guards

Soviet Internal Troops → distinctFrom → Soviet Border Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB Border Troops

Soviet armed forces → hasPart → Soviet Border Troops ⓘ

Federal Border Guard Service of Russia → inheritedFrom → Soviet Border Troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB Border Troops

Soviet Border Troops → militaryBranch → Soviet Border Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: KGB Border Troops

Federal Border Guard Service of Russia → precededBy → Soviet Border Troops ⓘ

Soviet Border Troops → precededBy → Soviet Border Troops self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Border Guard of the NKVD