The KGB was established under the leadership of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. Its precursor was the People’s Commissariat for State Security, or NKGB, which oper… See more

Soviet spy services under any name struggled to get a foothold in the United States in the early postwar period. This was due in part to the investigations spurred by the Red Sc… See more

Despite this resistance, the Soviets were not easily deterred, and they would ultimately succeed in recruiting U.S. naval officer John Anthony Walker Jr.into the KGB in the … See more

As notable as the KGB’s activities were on foreign soil, the agency is perhaps most infamous for its activities within Russia and Soviet bloc nations. Its primary role within Russia an… See more