What can KGB stand for?

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KGB/Full name

What is KGB new name?

The KGB was succeeded by the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) of Russia, which was succeeded by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB).

What is the KGB symbol?

Symbol of the KGB. The meaning is: the shield to defend the revolution, the sword to smite its foes. “Revolution” is in reference to the “Bolshevik” Revolution. Source: “Agentura” site.

What was the KGB and why was it so feared?

Domestically, the KGB was feared as the country’s secret police. They would seek out those suspected dissidents. They established individual departments for controlling religious activity, subversive nationalism, foreign influence, unauthorized media, and specifically the Jewish population.

What was the main function of the KGB?

The main functions of the KGB were foreign and counterintelligence, operative-investigatory activities, securing the State border, protecting the leader of Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Government, guarding government communications, fight against dissent, nationalism, and anti-Soviet activities.

What are the duties of the KGB?

The main duties of the KGB were to gather intelligence in other nations, conduct counterintelligence, maintain the secret police, the KGB military corps and the border guards, suppress internal resistance, and conduct electronic espionage. The KGB also enforced Soviet morals and promoted Soviet ideology with propaganda.

What was the purpose of the KGB?

The KGB also had a broad network of special departments in all major government institutions, enterprises, and factories. They generally consisted of one or more KGB representatives, whose purpose was to ensure the observance of security regulations and to monitor political sentiments among employees.

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