KGB

KGB
KGB national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, attested from 1955 in English, acronym of Rus. Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti "Committee for State Security."

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  • KGB — 〈Abk. für den〉 sowjetischen Geheimdienst (1946 1991) [<russ. Komitet Gossudarstwennoj Besopasnosti „Komitee für Staatssicherheit“] * * * KGB [kage be:], der; [s] [Abk. von russ. Komitet Gosudarstvennoj Bezopasnosti = Komitee für… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • KGB — the KGB the secret police of the former USSR …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • KGB — Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (the State Security Committee for countries in the former Soviet Union) Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …   Law dictionary

  • KGB — sigla ES russo Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti, comitato per la sicurezza dello stato, servizio di spionaggio sovietico …   Dizionario italiano

  • KGB — (izg. kagebȇ) DEFINICIJA krat. pol. pov. ideol. u bivšem SSSR u sovjetska tajna policija i vladina organizacija za špijunažu i kontrašpijunažu ETIMOLOGIJA rus. Komitet Gosudar stvenoj Bezopasnosti …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • KGB — KGB, der; [s] <russisch> (Geheimdienst der Sowjetunion) …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • KGB — or K.G.B. abbrev. [Russ K(omitet) G(osudarstvennoj) B(ezopasnosti), Committee of State Security] the security police and intelligence agency of the Soviet Union, formed in 1954 …   English World dictionary

  • KGB — For other uses, see KGB (disambiguation). Committee for State Security Комитет государственной безопасности Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti …   Wikipedia

  • KGB — 55° 45′ 31″ N 37° 37′ 32″ E / 55.7587, 37.6256 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • KGB — Comité para la Seguridad del Estado Комитет государственной безопасности El emblema del escudo y la espada del KGB. Información …   Wikipedia Español

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