How many spies were executed in the Cold War?

The Rosenbergs were the only two American civilians to be executed for espionage-related activity during the Cold War. The couple were survived by their two minor children.

Did the KGB have sleeper agents?

Jack Barsky was planted as a sleeper agent in the United States by the Soviet KGB. Barsky quickly confessed after being arrested and became a useful source of information about spy techniques. The Illegals Program is a network of sleeper spies planted in the US by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

What did Alger Hiss get accused of?

perjury
Hiss was charged with perjury; he could not be indicted for espionage because the statute of limitations had run out. An extensive FBI investigation helped develop a great deal of evidence verifying Chambers’ statements and revealing Hiss’ cover-ups.

Who are the KGB spies and what do they do?

They’re actually operatives for the KGB, the Soviet spy agency that during the Cold War battled clandestinely with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and other Western nations’ intelligence organizations.

What happened to the KGB in the Soviet Union?

KGB Becomes the FSB. Following the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the KGB was dissolved and replaced by a new domestic security service, the FSB.

What is the history of the KGB and FSB?

As Sipher explains it, the roots of the KGB and FSB go back to shortly after the creation of the Soviet Union. In December 1917, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin created a secret police agency called the Cheka. “They called themselves the punishing sword of the revolution,” he says.

What was the KGB’s influence on world affairs?

In fact, the KGB’s influence on world affairs arguably reached its height during the early part of the Cold War, the period of diplomatic and strategic acrimony between the Soviet Union and the United States and its western European allies.