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Bookmark or Share- The history of the KGB and its legendary methods - Big ThinkLike a combination of the FBI and CIA with a particularly Russian cleverness and harshness, the KGB was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991.
- KGB - Soviet Security, Intelligence, Espionage | BritannicaThe KGB played a particularly important role in Soviet foreign policy. Foreign intelligence allowed the Soviet Union to maintain rough parity with the West in nuclear weapons and other weapons systems. Inside the country, however, the role of the KGB was baleful.
- KGB - WikipediaIn the 1980s, the Soviet Union glasnost provoked KGB Chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov (in office: 1988–1991) to lead the August 1991 Soviet coup d'état in an attempt to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev. The failed coup d'état and the collapse of the USSR heralded the end of the KGB on 3 December 1991.
- KGB: Meaning, Agents & Vladimir Putin | HISTORYThe KGB was the primary security and intelligence agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until the nation collapsed in 1991, when the FSB replaced the KGB.
- KGB | Origins, Functions, Significance, Meaning, & FactsKGB, 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 leadership, the supervision of border troops, and the general surveillance of the population.
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