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An acronym, meaning Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, or State Security Committee. | An acronym, meaning Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, or State Security Committee. | ||
| - | The KGB is the USSR's central security, espionage, and secret policing organisation, although it shares the first two of these roles with the [[GRU]] (Military Intelligence). | + | The KGB is the USSR's central security, espionage, and secret policing organisation, although it shares the first two of these roles with the [[GRU]] (Military Intelligence). As a result, the rivalry between these two organisations is intense. |
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| + | == History == | ||
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| + | The KGB has a long and continuous history, beginning with its inception in 1954 as an umbrella organisation for all internal and external security threats to the Union. | ||
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| + | === The Lost Starling === | ||
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| + | === The Cambridge Five === | ||
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| + | === The Migration Crises & The Prague Sit-in === | ||
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| + | === The Chernikov Disaster === | ||
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| + | === Insertion Failure and the Nest of Rats === | ||
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| + | === The Palace Coup === | ||
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| + | == Current Activities == | ||
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| + | == Known Resources == | ||
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| + | == Known Personnel == | ||
Revision as of 04:24, 29 June 2006
An acronym, meaning Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, or State Security Committee.
The KGB is the USSR's central security, espionage, and secret policing organisation, although it shares the first two of these roles with the GRU (Military Intelligence). As a result, the rivalry between these two organisations is intense.
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History
The KGB has a long and continuous history, beginning with its inception in 1954 as an umbrella organisation for all internal and external security threats to the Union.
