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What is the difference between the KGB and the NKVD?
NKVD: civil police, counterintelligence, secret/political police, military police. KGB: intelligence, counterintelligence, secret/political police, electronic warfare, internal security (controlling other law enforcement/intelligence agencies), bodyguard duty, armed special operations, secret projects, governm.
What was Stalin’s police force called?
During this period, the NKVD included both ordinary public order activities, as well as secret police activities. The NKVD is known for its role in political repression and for carrying out the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin.
Did the NKVD become the KGB?
For most agencies listed here secret policing operations were only part of their function; for instance, the KGB was both the secret police and the intelligence agency….Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies.
| Chronology of the Soviet “State security organs” (Russian: organov Gos(ugarstvennoy)bezopasnosti) | |
|---|---|
| 1923–1934 | OGPU under SNK USSR |
| 1934–1946 | NKVD USSR |
Who started KGB?
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Kliment VoroshilovNikolay Pegov
KGB/Founders
Who was the first head of the Soviet secret police unit Cheka?
The first secret police, called the Cheka, was established in December 1917 as a temporary institution to be abolished once Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks had consolidated their power. The original Cheka, headed by Feliks Dzerzhinskii, was empowered only to investigate “counterrevolutionary” crimes.
What did the KGB do?
The KGB’s tasks were generally defined in official Soviet publications as encompassing four areas: the struggle against foreign spies and agents, the exposure and investigation of political and economic crimes by citizens, the protection of state borders, and the protection of state secrets.
Who started the KGB?