Ministry for State Security

Summary

Ministry for State Security is an intelligence agency^[1]. It draws 351 Wikipedia views per month (intelligence_agency category, ranking #17 of 133).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ministry for State Security is in the country of Soviet Union^[3].
• Ministry for State Security's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency^[4].
• Ministry for State Security's instance of is recorded as ministry^[5].
• Ministry for State Security's follows is recorded as NKVD^[6].
• Ministry for State Security's follows is recorded as People's Commissariat for State Security^[7].
• Ministry for State Security's followed by is recorded as KGB^[8].
• Ministry for State Security's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126036173^[9].
• Ministry for State Security's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2014068448^[10].
• Ministry for State Security's Commons category is recorded as Ministry of State Security (Soviet Union)^[11].
• +1946-03-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ministry for State Security^[12].
• Ministry for State Security was dissolved in +1953-03-05T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Ministry for State Security's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lyy4^[14].
• Ministry for State Security's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ministry of State Security (Soviet Union)^[15].
• Ministry for State Security's replaces is recorded as Main Directorate of State Security^[16].
• Ministry for State Security's replaces is recorded as People's Commissariat for State Security^[17].
• Ministry for State Security's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/MGB^[18].
• Ministry for State Security's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'МГБ СССР'}^[19].
• Ministry for State Security's different from is recorded as Ministry for State Security^[20].
• Ministry for State Security's position held by head of the organization is recorded as minister for State Security^[21].
• Ministry for State Security's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007268364305171^[22].
• Ministry for State Security's museum-digital ID is recorded as 144258^[23].

Body

Founding

+1946-03-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ministry for State Security^[12].

Identity

Predecessors include NKVD^[6] and People's Commissariat for State Security^[7]. Ministry for State Security's followed by is recorded as KGB^[8]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'МГБ СССР'}^[19].

Dissolution

Ministry for State Security was dissolved in +1953-03-05T00:00:00Z^[13].

Why It Matters

Ministry for State Security draws 351 Wikipedia views per month (intelligence_agency category, ranking #17 of 133).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]