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Pavel Yakovlevich Meshik Павел Яковлевич Мешик Beria's inner circle and an organiser of the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1910–1953
Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov Николай Анисимович Щёлоков Brezhnev's 16-year police chief who rebuilt the MVD into a modern force Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1910–1984
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Николай Иванович Кузнецов Soviet spy who posed as a German officer in Nazi-occupied Ukraine and personally eliminated high-ranking officials Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1911–1944
Mikhail Dmitrievich Ryumin Михаил Дмитриевич Рюмин Engineer of the Doctors' Plot, NKVD bookkeeper turned deputy minister Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1913–1954
Nikita Arkadyevich Krimyan Никита Аркадьевич Кримян The investigator who became Armenia's security minister at thirty-one Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1913–1955
Yevgeny Petrovich Pitovranov Евгений Петрович Питовранов A survivor who transformed from Stalin's counter-intelligence chief to Brezhnev's trade diplomat Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1915–1999
Vladimir Ivanovich Komarov Владимир Иванович Комаров Abakumov's deputy interrogator who beat prisoners and fabricated protocols in the Leningrad Affair Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1916–1954
Semyon Kuzmich Tsvigun Семён Кузьмич Цвигун Brezhnev's watcher planted beside Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1917–1982
Vadim Aleksandrovich Matrosov Вадим Александрович Матросов The military axis of the KGB: 17 years commanding the border army Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1917–1999
Ivan Kirillovich Yakovlev Иван Кириллович Яковлев The MVD general who turned the Internal Troops into a mobile strike force and sealed Chernobyl Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1918–2002
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk Виталий Васильевич Федорчук The brief KGB chairman after Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1918–2008
Ivan Lavrentievich Ustinov Иван Лаврентьевич Устинов Military counterintelligence chief of the Brezhnev era Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1920–2020
Vadim Stepanovich Tikunov Вадим Степанович Тикунов Shelepin-network RSFSR interior minister who led Khrushchev-era policing Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1921–1980
Vadim Alekseyevich Kirpichenko Вадим Алексеевич Кирпиченко KGB First Chief Directorate deputy who ran Soviet foreign intelligence for twelve years Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1922–2005
Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov Виктор Михайлович Чебриков KGB chairman from late stagnation into perestroika Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1923–1999
Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny Владимир Ефимович Семичастный The KGB chairman during Khrushchev’s fall Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1924–2001
Vladimir Petrovich Pirozhkov Владимир Петрович Пирожков The KGB constant: 20 years as deputy chairman under four chiefs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1924–2009
Filip Denisovich Bobkov Филипп Денисович Бобков Architect of KGB ideological counterintelligence, 45-year Chekist under 12 chiefs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1925–2019
Viktor Fyodorovich Grushko Виктор Фёдорович Грушко The KGB operational deputy who bridged foreign intelligence and counterintelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1930–2001
Yuri Sergeyevich Plekhanov Юрий Сергеевич Плеханов From KGB eavesdropping chief to head of leadership security, the man who pulled the coup's trigger Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1930–2002
Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov Александр Владимирович Власов Creator of OMON and the last communist prime minister of Russia, defeated by Yeltsin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1932–2002
Oleg Danilovich Kalugin Олег Данилович Калугин Youngest KGB general turned its highest-ranking defector-critic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1934–
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin Вадим Викторович Бакатин The last KGB chairman, appointed to dismantle it Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1937–2022
Pang Hak-se Пан Хак Се Founder of North Korea's state security and enforcer of its political repression Security, intelligence and policing · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ?–1992

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