The all-powerful intelligence and security service of the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. Ultimate successor to Cheka. Disbanded into the SVR and the FSB in 1991.

when you've done something so cringe you can't stop replaying it in your head and it stops you from getting on with your every day life

Russian equivalent of the US CIA.

Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
(Committee for State Security)

The Russian intelligence agency, similar to America's CIA.

Russian Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti

Russian secret police.

The KGB were simply the Russian Secret Police. Pronounced "Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti." In Russian it means "Committee for State Security."

The KGB acted as:

-The Soviet internal security.
-The Soviet intelligence agnecy.
-And the Soviet secret police.

They came into formation in 1954, and died when the chairman, Vladimir Kryuchkov tried to overthrow president Gorbachev.

They were tough, ruthless, and badass. Using torture and execution to solve the Soviet Unions problems.