The chairman of the KGB was the head of the Committee for State Security (KGB), the main security agency of the Soviet Union in 1954–1991. He was assisted by one or two first deputy …

The Committee for State Security (Russian: Комитет государственной безопасности, romanized: Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, IPA: [kəmʲɪˈtʲed ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn (ː)əj …

Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He resigned in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg. In 1996, he moved …

Mar 3, 2025 · KGB, foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Soviet Union. During the Soviet era the KGB’s responsibilities also included the protection of the country’s political …

Mar 1, 2018 · The KGB was the primary security and intelligence agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until the nation collapsed in 1991. The KGB served a multi-faceted role outside of …

The chairman of the KGB was the head of the Committee for State Security (KGB), the main security agency of the Soviet Union in 1954–1991. He was assisted by one or two first deputy …

Mar 3, 2025 · Every Soviet leader depended on the KGB and its predecessors for information, surveillance of key elites, and control of the population. With the Communist Party and the …

Jul 23, 2022 · As a means of restructuring state security and purging Beria’s previous allies and supporters, the Soviet leadership founded the KGB in 1954. Ivan Serov, who had served as …

Leonid Brezhnev—the leader of the Soviet Union years from 1964 to 1982—rolled back Khrushchev's reforms and resurrected Stalin as hero and role model. Brezhnev expanded the …

Mar 29, 2022 · As the Soviet Union's primary secret intelligence agency during the Cold War, the KGB gained notoriety for its widespread global espionage. But the organization—and its …