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The Resume

    (1954-1995)
    Abbreviation of Russian Komitjet Gosudarstvjennoj Bjezopasnosti (Committee for State Security)
    Soviet Union’s primary security and intelligence agency
    Headed by a chairman and deputy chairmen; divided into directorates
    Headquarters in Moscow
    Succeeded in 1995 by FSS (Federal Security Service)

Why KGB might be annoying:

    Many Westerners don’t realize it was dissolved years ago by Boris Yeltsin.
    Most of its documents remain classified.
    Its predecessor the NKVD orchestrated the assassination of Leon Trotsky (1940).
    It recruited many Western counteragents, such as Kim Philby, Donald MacLean and Anthony Blunt.
    Its brutal repression of dissidents at home and abroad eventually led to many of its agents defecting to the West.
    It backed the failed coup to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev (1991).

Why KGB might not be annoying:

    It was the most efficient (and ruthless) intelligence agency of modern times.
    If you count its predecessors, it predated its American counterpart the CIA by several years.
    Its infiltration into many Western governments and agencies was enabled in part by the latter’s poor security.
    Many high ranking members were eventually charged with treason themselves.
    It’s been accused without proof of being behind the shootings of John F. Kennedy and Pope John Paul II.
    Belarus’ national security agency continues to be called the KGB.

Credit: Georgina


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    In 2023, Out of 127 Votes: 50.39% Annoying
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    In 2021, Out of 240 Votes: 57.08% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 188 Votes: 53.72% Annoying
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    In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
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    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 37 Votes: 56.76% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 31 Votes: 77.42% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 87 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 193 Votes: 73.06% Annoying