KGB
/keɪdʒiːˈbiː
/The state security police (1954–91) of the former Soviet Union with responsibility for external espionage, internal counter-intelligence, and internal ‘crimes against the state’.
Origin
Russian, abbreviation of Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti 'Committee of State Security'.
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