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social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > key organizations (criminology) > KGB
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  • The Komitet Gosudarstevennoi Bezopasnosti, the English translation of which is “State Security Committee,” was known worldwide as the “KGB,” and functioned as the USSR's security police from 1954 to 1991. There were many KGB directorates, each of which had its own area of expertise and had responsibility for one of the organization's major objectives. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; KGB]

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