IPA: [kəmʲɪˈtʲed ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ]), abbreviated as KGB (Russian: КГБ, IPA: [ˌkɛɡɛˈbɛ]; listen to both) was the main security agency...
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KGBS may refer to: KGBS-CD, a television station (channel 19) licensed to serve Austin, Texas, United States KENS, a television station (virtual channel...
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Look up KGB in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The KGB is a former Soviet security and intelligence agency. KGB may also refer to: State Security Committee...
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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...
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Lubyanka Building (redirect from Museum of the KGB)
Shchusev from 1940 to 1947. It was previously the national headquarters of the KGB. Soviet hammer and sickles can be seen on the building's facade. The Lubyanka...
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State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (redirect from KGB (Belarus))
The State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB RB; Russian: Комитет государственной безопасности Республики Беларусь, КГБ РБ; Belarusian:...
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Mitrokhin Archive (redirect from The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB and the World)
collection of handwritten notes about secret KGB operations spanning the period between the 1930s and 1980s made by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin which he shared...
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Vladimir Putin (redirect from KGB career of Vladimir Putin)
Soviet leader since the 30-year tenure of Joseph Stalin. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant...
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Rounders (film) (redirect from Teddy KGB)
Poker. At an underground Texas hold 'em game run by Russian mobster Teddy "KGB", an overconfident Mike loses his entire $30,000 bankroll in a single hand...
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KGB is a Soviet era-themed ("Communist chic" ) bar located in the East Village of New York City at 85 E. 4th Street, New York, New York 10003. Before...
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KGB is a video game released for the Amiga and IBM PC compatibles in 1992. Set in the decadent final days of the Soviet Union, KGB is considered to be...
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San Diego Chicken (redirect from KGB Chicken)
KGB Chicken or simply The Chicken) is a sports mascot played by Ted Giannoulas. The character originated in 1974 in an animated TV commercial for KGB-FM...
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KGB Museum may refer to one of the following Museum of the KGB, Moscow, Russia Vilnius KGB Museum, Lithuania A museum on the 23rd floor of the Sokos Hotel...
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KGB Archiver is a discontinued file archiver and data compression utility that employs the PAQ6 compression algorithm. Written in Visual C++ by Tomasz...
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security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK)...
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KGB (760 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Diego, California. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a sports radio format. KGB has local...
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Sbornik KGB SSSR (ru:Сборник КГБ СССР) (USSR KGB Review), was a Russian-language secret inhouse journal published by the Soviet KGB in Moscow for the...
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FSB Academy (redirect from The Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB)
decree on August 24, 1992 on the foundation of the Higher School of the KGB, and is located in Michurinsky Prospekt, Moscow, Russia. It consists of the...
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Oleg Gordievsky (category KGB officers)
Анто́нович Гордие́вский; born 10 October 1938) is a former colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London. He was a...
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Yuri Andropov (category KGB chairmen)
under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev, he was appointed chairman of the KGB on 10 May 1967. After Brezhnev suffered a stroke in 1975 that significantly...
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The KGB Prison Cells (Estonian: KGB Vangikongid) are former prison cells which were used by the KGB in Tallinn, Estonia. The building, known as Pagari...
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KGB-FM (101.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to San Diego, California. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia and broadcasts in a classic...
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Soviet Border Troops (redirect from KGB Border Guard)
Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB. Accordingly, they were known as NKVD Border Security and KGB Border Troops. Unlike the border guards of...
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Rosenbaum, Ron (2007-02-12) The Spy Who Came in From Geneva: Nosenko, the K.G.B. Defector. observer.com Bezmenov, Yuri; Griffin, G. Edward. (1984). Soviet...
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KGB: The Secret War is a 1985 American film directed by Dwight H. Little. A spy thriller about a KGB agent operating inside the U.S. who wants to defect...
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Forces between 1955 and 1991 were reorganized after the death of Stalin, The KGB, along with its branches, the MVD, and the Border Troops, underwent the same...
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Gunslinger's gait (redirect from KGB walk)
The gunslinger's gait or KGB walk is a walking pattern observed in individuals associated with the KGB or the Red Army.[citation needed] It is a standard...
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The KGB Espionage Museum was a museum dedicated to the unbiased presentation of historical and contemporary KGB espionage equipment and tradecraft. The...
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the Russians. Hanssen sold about six thousand classified documents to the KGB that detailed U.S. strategies in the event of nuclear war, developments in...
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Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent (redirect from Yuri Nosenko: KGB)
Jackson. This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1964. Three...
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