KGB
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The Committee for State Security was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991. As a direct successor of preceding agencies such as the Cheka, GPU, OGPU, NKGB, NKVD and MGB, it was attached to the... Wikipedia
Ceased operations: December 3, 1991
Founded: March 13, 1954
Founders: Kliment Voroshilov, Nikolay Pegov , and Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Headquarters: Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka StreetMoscow, Russian SFSR
Agency executives: First: Ivan Serov, Chairman; Last: Vadim Bakatin, Chairman
Child agencies: Foreign intelligence: First Chief Directorate; Internal security: Second Chief Directorate
Dissolved: 3 December 1991; 32 years ago