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KGB

or K.G.B.
  1. the intelligence and internal-security agency of the former Soviet Union, organized in 1954 and responsible for enforcement of security regulations, protection of political leaders, the guarding of borders, and clandestine operations abroad.


KGB

abbreviation for

  1. the former Soviet secret police, founded in 1954 Compare GRU
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

KGB

  1. The secret police of the former Soviet Union .
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of KGB1

< Russian, for K ( dzé ) g ( DzܻáٱԲԴĭ ) b ( DZáԴDzپ ) Committee for State Security
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of KGB1

from Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti State Security Committee
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Still, the KGB was watching, and Miller, shambling, bitter and broke, made a tempting target.

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Gordievsky has since written a number of books about the operations of the KGB.

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Meanwhile, leaders of the free world recoil in horror from an America that turned overnight from a beacon of liberty to a mouthpiece for Nazis and the KGB.

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Oddly enough, the man who served as Oswald’s KGB handler in Minsk would later go on to sign the Belavezha Accords — the very document that dissolved the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Shortly before the end of the war, Philby was promoted to head of MI6's anti-Soviet section - meaning he was in charge of running operations against the Soviets while operating as a KGB agent.

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