The KGB: the abbreviation and authority of the agency

Every people living in the territory of a certain state or union has the right to security and favorable conditions for life. In this regard, the government of the country is trying to create a powerful team that would deal with such important matters, providing the population with everything necessary. At one time, this function was performed by the KGB (decoding: "State Security Committee"). During the USSR, the system was the central administrative organ that provided security for the whole country and operated for 37 years.

Functions and powers of the service

The KGB of the USSR was engaged in operative-search activity, protection of state borders, external search and counterintelligence, and provision of government communications. The committee also fought against dissent, nationalism and anti-Soviet activities. The system consisted of separate elements (there were altogether fourteen of them) in the territories of the republics of the union, local authorities, military districts, formations, border troops, scientific research institutions and educational institutions and many other units. KGB (the decipherment of which is known to almost every person) at that time had different names and statuses. Today, this name is used, as a rule, in colloquial speech, when one of the special services of Russia is mentioned .

History of the committee

The State Security Committee was established on February 4, 1954. It included the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, various services and departments. The Chairman of the KGB (whose decipherment was formally approved on March 13, 1954) was Colonel-General I. Serov. It should be noted that the committee was established not to become the central body of state power. He was supposed to be an agency under the Government of the Soviet Union.

The peculiarity of the system was the organized management of the KGB of the USSR. It is known that there were only sixteen of them, but some sources deny this information, claiming that the quantity has not been accurately determined. The first main department was intelligence, the second - internal security. Then military counterintelligence, the fight against anti-Soviet elements, security in transport, operational search, encryption and decryption and communications, guarding the government and party leaders, the Moscow Kremlin commandant's office, medicine (health), radio interception, electronic intelligence, economic reliability.

Training of KGB officers

The history of the KGB (which is now often used to refer to Russian special services) is quite extensive and covers virtually every area of government. The number of bodies working on the committee was about three hundred thousand people. With the KGB, there were educational institutions whose goal was to prepare and issue highly qualified cadres for the state security organs of the Soviet Union. They included universities, colleges, schools, training centers and special courses. The activities of institutions were supervised by the KGB.