KGB

The Committee for State Security, abbreviated as KGB was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991. It was the direct successor of preceding Soviet... Wikipedia

• Formed:  March 13, 1954
• Preceding agencies:  Cheka (1917–1922), GPU (1922–1923), OGPU (1923–1934), NKVD (1934–1943), NKGB (February–July 1941/1943–1946), MGB (1946–1953), MVD (1953–1954)
• Dissolved:  December 3, 1991
• Superseding agencies:  MSB (1991), TsSR (1991), AFB (1991), KOGG (1991)
• Type:  State committee of union-republican jurisdiction
• Jurisdiction:  Central Committee and Council of Ministers, (1954–1990), Supreme Council and President, (1990–1991)
• Headquarters:  Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Soviet Union
• Motto:  Loyalty to the party – Loyalty to the motherland, Верность партии — Верность Родине
• executive:  Chairman
• Child agencies:  Foreign intelligence: First Chief Directorate, Internal security: Second Chief Directorate, Ciphering: Eighth Chief Directorate, Chief Directorate of Border Forces
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo