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	Main Directorate of State Security (USSR) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The GUGB was removed from the NKVD and renamed Peoples Commissariat of State Security or NKGB.
		By the end of 1937 GUGB was one of the most powerful and influential organs in NKVD structure.
		Next chief of GUGB from April 15 1937 to September 8 1938 was komkor Mikhail Frinovsky, he was succeeded by Lavrenty Beria, then just promoted to Commissar 1st rank of State Security.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/GUGB (721 words)

	NKVD - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The NKVD is best known for the Main Directorate of State Security (GUGB), which succeeded the OGPU and the Cheka as the secret police agency of the Soviet Union.
		The GUGB was intrumental in Stalin's ethnic cleansing and genocides, and was responsible for massacres of civilians and other war crimes.
		The GUGB was removed from the NKVD and renamed the NKGB.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=NKVD (1497 words)

	First Chief Directorate - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In 1922 after creation of State Political Directorate (GPU) and connecting it with People's Commisariat for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR, foreign intelligence was conduct by GPU Foreign Department, and between December 1923 and July 1934 by Foreign Department of Joint State Political Administration or OGPU.
		Till October 9 1936 INO was operated in side GUGB organization as a one of its departments.
		In February 1938 Slutsky was invited to the office of GUGB head komkor Mikhail Frinovsky, where he was poisoned and died.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/First_Chief_Directorate (2166 words)

	nkvd - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		In 1934, OGPU was incorporated into newly-created NKVD of the USSR, becoming Main Directorate for State Security (GUGB); NKVD of the Russian SFSR ceased to exist and was not resurrected until 1946 (as MVD of the RSFSR).
		As a result, NKVD also became responsible for all detention facilities (including the forced labor camps, known as the Gulag) as well as for the regular police.
		On February 3, 1941, the Special Sections of the NKVD (responsible for counter-intelligence in the military) were included to the Army and Navy (RKKA and RKKF, respectively); also, GUGB department was removed from NKVD and renamed NKGB.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/NKVD (1480 words)

	Wikipedia: NKVD
		However, it did not obtain state security functions until it took over the OGPU in July 1934.
		On 8 February 1941, the Special Sections of the NKVD (responsible for counter-intelligence in the military) were given to the Army and Navy (NKO and NKVMF) where they became the SMERSH (from Smert' Shpionam or "Death to Spies").
		In April 1943, GUGB was removed from NKVD and renamed NKGB.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/n/nk/nkvd.html (236 words)

	M35 & M37 NKVD UNIFORMS
		Interestingly, all types of tunics were piped at collar and cuff with silver or gold embroidery instead of the more usual coloured piping seen on every other previous state security or RKKA uniform.
		Silver embroidery was used for all NKVD GUGB officer uniforms (including the Sergeant of State Security which was really an officer rank).
		Note the special oval state security (GUGB) sleeve patch introduced for the M35 uniforms and used for the M37 uniforms and the silver piped red cloth rank stars which only appeared on M35 GUGB uniforms.
	members.tripod.com /~otlichnik/uniform2.html (2063 words)

	Informat.io on Nkwd
		The GUGB was instrumental in Stalin's ethnic cleansing and genocides, and was responsible for massacres of civilians and other war crimes.
		Many consider the NKVD to be a criminal organization, mostly for the activities of GUGB officers and investigators, as well as supporting NKVD troops and GULAG guards.
		In addition to its state security and police functions, however, some of its departments handled other matters, such as transport, fire guards, border guard (NKVD Border Troops), etc., the tasks that were traditionally assigned to the Ministry of the Interior (MVD).
	www.informat.io /?title=NKWD (1899 words)

	State Political Directorate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It also became the Soviet government's arm for the persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church and other religious organizations, an operation headed by Eugene Tuchkov.
		OGPU was reincorporated into NKVD of the USSR in July 1934, becoming the GUGB department.
		Its final transformation was into the more infamously known Committee for State Security (KGB).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_Political_Directorate (334 words)

	NKVD
		The new permanent state security organ, the GPU, which replaced the ad hoc and temporary Cheka in February 1922, came under the NKVD.
		OGPU), which succeeded the GPU in November 1923, was separated from the NKVD until July 1934, when it was renamed the Main Administration of State Security (GUGB) and subordinated to the NKVD.
		The GUGB was subdivided into six major departments: special, economic, operative, foreign, transport, and political.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/N/K/NKVD.htm (804 words)

	RUSSIAN BADGES GALLERY
		In 1934 the OGPU was transformed into the GUGB (Chief Directorate of State Security) which was subordinated into the new All-Union NKVD.
		In late June 1941, after the German invasion, the NKGB was resubordinated into the NKVD as the GUGB to ensure closer control of the nations security apparatus during this chaotic time.
		In April 1943, after the military situation had changed in favor of the USSR, the GUGB was again removed from the NKVD and became the NKGB.
	www.historikorders.com /russianbadgesgallery.htm (1442 words)

	NKVD.ORG: The Memorial Page --- НКВД.OРГ: САЙТ ВОСПОМИНАНИЯ
		With the formation of the USSR in 1923 the GPU became the OGPU (Unified State Poltical Directorate) and was upgraded to an independent directorate of the Soviet Council of People's Commissars (i.e.
		On 3 February 1941, Decree 149 of the CPSU Politburo removed the GUGB from the NKVD and elevated to equal People’s Commissariat status creating the NKGB.
		In April 1943, after the military situation had changed in favour of the USSR, the GUGB was again removed from the NKVD and became the NKGB.
	www.nkwd.org /en/history.html (637 words)

	FINAL revised copy of this
		The central core of that OGPU reappeared in the NKVD as the Main Administration of State Security and was called the GUGB.
		In July 1934, the OGPU was abolished and its functions were transferred to a new All Union, NKVD.
		It was notably Khrushchev that declared a "Beria Gang" in 1953 when he went after Beria and his top people and castrated the NKVD (renamed MVD), removed them from their policing of ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS, and gave the KGB total power after pulling a coup d 'etat and executing all the top NKVD men, including Beria.
	www.geocities.com /redcomrades/nkvdinfo.html (2835 words)

	KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti, USSR Committee of State Security) - █ FURTHER READING:
		In the political infighting and turmoil of the early 1930s in the Soviet Union, the OGPU was renamed the GUGB (Chief Directorate of State Security) and simultaneously placed under the control of the also reformed All-Union NKVD.
		In 1941, during World War II, the GUGB was split from the NKVD and granted equal status as the NKGB.
		As the Nazi invasion pushed deeper into Russia, the NKGB was once again briefly fused with NKVD under its old title as the GUGB to streamline efforts to coordinate an effective defense against the Nazi forces.
	www.espionageinfo.com /Ke-Lo/KGB-Komitet-Gosudarstvennoi-Bezopasnosti-USSR-Committee-of-State-Security.html (1663 words)

	Beria At The Nkvd - Lavrenty Beria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By 1938, however, the purge had become so extensive that it was damaging the infrastructure of the Soviet state, its economy and armed forces, and Stalin had decided to wind the purge down.
		In September Beria was appointed head of the Main Administration of State Security (GUGB) of the NKVD, and in November he succeeded Yezhov as head of NKVD (Yezhov was executed in 1940).
		The NKVD itself was then purged, with half its personnel being removed, and was restaffed with Beria loyalists, many of them from the Caucasus.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Acacia1327/lavrenty-beria-beria-at-the-nkvd.html (485 words)

	The NKVD or Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del #1053 #1072 #1088 #1086...
		State security functions were then handled by the NKVD's GUGB GUGB ("Glavnoe Upravlenie Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti" or Main Directorate of State Security).
		On 8 February 8 February 1941 1941, the Special Sections of the NKVD (responsible for counter-intelligence in the military) were given to the Army and Navy (NKO and NKVMF) where they became the SMERSH SMERSH (from Smert' Shpionam or "Death to Spies").
		In April 1943 1943, GUGB was removed from NKVD and renamed NKGB NKGB.
	www.biodatabase.de /NKVD (319 words)

	FSB Department of economic security (DEB)
		On the basis of two departments there were created several units including the department on counter-intelligence provision of industry’s enterprises, transport and credit and finance sphere, on contraband and drug business control
		Economic division of GUGB NKVD USSR Jul, 1934 - Nov, 1936
		Counter-intelligence division of GUGB HKVD USSR Nov-Dec, 1936
	www.agentura.ru /english/dosie/fsb/structure/deb (124 words)

	GUGB - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		GUGB - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		????????????, ????, GUGB) was the name of the Soviet secret police from July 1934 to April 1943.
		First chief of GUGB was Yakov Agranov (or - Jankiel Sodersohn), Commissar 1st rank of State Security and first deputy of People's Commissar of Internal Affairs.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=GUGB (576 words)

	M43 NKVD/MGB/KGB UNIFORMS
		The 1943 to 1953 period is one of the most confusing for state security structure and duties.
		In April 1943 the NKVD's Chief Directorate for State Security, the GUGB, was split from the NKVD and transformed into a separate People's Commissariat, the NKGB.
		While NKVD-GUGB uniforms had differed slightly from other NKVD uniforms during the 1935 to 1942 period (see previous web page) much confusion exists over how, if at all, NKGB uniforms differed from NKVD uniforms during the 1943-1945 period, and MGB uniforms differed from MVD uniforms during the 1945 to 1953 period.
	members.tripod.com /~otlichnik/uniform3.html (3371 words)

	Moon Investigative Assets: Vocabulary
		In the years of great terror some feared even to whisper the letters NKVD; some referred to it as the Okhranka, The Guards, the name for the tsarist era secret police; others called it "the organs." During WWII the NKVD changed its name briefly to NKGB.
		At other times it was called or was part of the GPU, OGPU, GUGB, MVD, MGB.
		A post-Stalin reorganization created the KGB formula in 1954.
	www.pbs.org /redfiles/moon/inv/moon_inv_voc.htm (369 words)

	ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: C 7
		1920-1941 - Arkhiv Inostrannogo otdela (INO) VChK GPU OGPU GUGB (Arkhiv INO)
		[Archive of the Foreign Division VChK GPU OGPU GUGB]
		The Foreign Intelligence Service was formed as a separate agency in the November 1991 reorganization of the KGB, and that new agency took over the records of the foreign intelligence operations of the former KGB, namely the First Chief Directorate of the KGB of the USSR, and its predecessors.
	www.iisg.nl /~abb/abb_c7.html (660 words)

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