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  • Cheka (abbreviation of Vecheka) 1918 - 1922
  • NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1922 - 1923
  • OGPU - "Joint State Political Directorate" 1923 - 1934
  • NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1934 - 1941
  • NKGB - "People's Commissariat for State Security" 1941
  • NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" 1941 - 1943
  • NKGB - "People's Commissariat for State Security" 1943 - 1946
  • MGB - "Ministry for State Security" 1946 - 1953
  • MVD and MGB are merged into the MVD 1953
  • KGB - Committee for State Security 1954 - 1991
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