The KGB (Committee for State Security)

The KGB, or Committee for State Security, was the main Soviet Union agency responsible for intelligence, espionage, and internal security from 1954 to 1991. It handled foreign espionage, political surveillance, counterintelligence, and secret operations to protect the Soviet state and promote its interests globally. Often likened to a secret police and intelligence agency, the KGB played a key role in maintaining Soviet control internally and gathering information abroad. Its activities included spying on foreign governments, suppressing dissent within the USSR, and conducting covert operations, making it one of the most powerful and feared agencies of the Cold War era.