KGB

K-G-B · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until its dissolution in 1991, responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence, and internal security.

Related words

See also: CIA, Soviet, intelligence, spy

Etymology

Acronym from Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti ("Committee for State Security").