Chronology of Soviet security agencies | ||
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1917–22 |
Cheka of the
Sovnarkom of the
RSFSR (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission) | |
1922–23 |
GPU of the
NKVD of the RSFSR (State Political Directorate) | |
1923–34 |
OGPU of the Sovnarkom of the
USSR (Joint State Political Directorate) | |
1934–41 1941–43 |
NKVD of the USSR (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs)
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1941 1943–46 |
NKGB of the USSR (People's Commissariat for State Security) | |
1946–53 |
MGB of the USSR (Ministry of State Security) | |
1953–54 |
MVD of the USSR (Ministry of Internal Affairs) | |
1954–91 |
KGB of the
Council of Ministers of the USSR (Committee for State Security) | |
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