communism, Soviet Union, intelligence operations, KGB, GRU, NKVD from "summary" of The World Was Going Our Way by Christopher Andrew
The Soviet Union was a communist state that placed a high value on intelligence operations. The various intelligence agencies like the KGB, GRU, and NKVD played crucial roles in furthering the goals of the Soviet regime. These agencies were tasked with gathering information, conducting espionage, and carrying out covert operations both domestically and internationally. The KGB, or Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, was perhaps the most well-known of the Soviet intelligence agencies. It was responsible for counterintelligence, internal security, and conducting operations abroad. The KGB employed a vast network of agents and informants to gather intelligence and maintain control over the population. The GRU, or Glavnoye Ra...
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