Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

Appendix C

Russian Foreign Intelligence Organizations,

1920–

309

20 December 1920 Foreign Intelligence Section, Cheka

6 February 1922 Foreign Intelligence Section, GPU

2 November 1923 Foreign Intelligence Section, OGPU

10 July 1934 Seventh Section of the State Directorate

of State Security of NKVD

July 1939 In connection with a reorganization of the

NKVD, reformed as the Fifth Section

February 1941 Reformed as the First Directorate of NKGB

as part of the division of NKVD into NKVD

and NKGB

March 1946 Reformed into the MGB as First Directorate

1947 First Directorate of MGB and GRU combined

into the Komitet Informatsii

January 1952 Foreign Intelligence placed into the MGB as

First Chief Directorate

March 1953 First Chief Directorate transferred to the newly

minted KGB

November 1991 Following August putsch, KGB is disbanded

and the First Chief Directorate becomes the

Central Intelligence Service (TsSR) of Russia

18 December 1991 Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian

Federation (SVR) is formed

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