Kgb (Noun)
Meaning
Formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The KGB operated clandestine espionage and intelligence operations worldwide during the Cold War era.
- Former members of the KGB continued to hold influential positions in the government after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- In 1991, Boris Yeltsin dismantled the KGB into several agencies, marking the beginning of the end of its grip on Soviet society.
- The KGB used various tactics to suppress dissent and opposition from within, as well as to eliminate suspected spies and traitors.
- Many high-profile targets of the KGB, including politicians and intellectuals, were either imprisoned or forced into exile to stifle their dissenting voices.