What does KGB stand for?
Q: What does KGB stand for?
A: KGB stands for State Security Committee, the Russian-language abbreviation.
Q: When was the KGB the main internal security agency for the Soviet Union?
A: The KGB was the main internal security agency from 1954 until its break-up in 1991.
Q: What agencies was the KGB a successor of?
A: The KGB was a successor of earlier agencies, including the Cheka, NKGB, and MGB.
Q: What is "ideological subversion" and how did the KGB handle it?
A: "Ideological subversion" is the suppression of unorthodox political and religious ideas and the people who hold those ideas. The KGB during the Cold War suppressed "ideological subversion" as part of its mission.
Q: What was Soviet policy for the KGB and secret services of satellite states?
A: Soviet policy was for the KGB and secret services of satellite states to monitor public and private opinion, internal subversion, and possible counter-revolutionary plots in the Soviet Bloc.
Q: What significant events was the KGB involved in suppressing?
A: The KGB was instrumental in suppressing the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the Prague Spring of "Socialism with a Human Face" in 1968 Czechoslovakia.
Q: What is the Mitrokin Archive?
A: The Mitrokin Archive is a record of some of the doings of the KGB.
