| the intelligence and internal-security agency of the former Soviet Union, organized in 1954 and responsible for enforcement of security regulations, protection of political leaders, the guarding of borders, and clandestine operations abroad. |
KGB  (kā'jē-bē')  n. The intelligence and internal security agency of the former Soviet Union. [Russian, from K(omitet) G(osudarstvennoĭ) B(ezopasnosti) : komitet, committee + gosudarstvennoĭ : genitive of gosudarstvennyĭ, of the state + bezopasnosti, genitive of bezopasnost', security.] |
| KGB Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoj Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) |
