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[[File:KGB Emblema.svg.png|right|150px|thumb|Emblem of the KGB]]

[[File:KGB Emblema.svg.png|right|150px|thumb|Emblem of the KGB]]

The '''Committee for State Security''' (Russian: ''Комитет государственной безопасности'') was the "Sword and Shield" of the Communist party of the Soviet Union.  While its primary function was internal repression of people's basic rights, an external reconnaissance division as it is called, or intelligence organization, also handled spreading the gospel of Marxist international workers revolution to overthrow exiting legitimate governments worldwide, or "the bourgeois order" as Marxists refer to it.

The '''Committee for State Security''' (Russian: ''Комитет государственной безопасности'') was the "Sword and Shield" of the Communist party of the [[Soviet Union]].  While its primary function was internal repression of people's basic rights, an external reconnaissance division as it is called, or intelligence organization, also handled spreading the gospel of [[Marxist]] international workers revolution to overthrow exiting legitimate governments worldwide, or "the bourgeois order" as Marxists refer to it.

During its existence the Committee had many names, finally adopting '''KGB''' in 1954 which was used until the dissolution of the Soviet Empire in 1992.  Historians and writers have often in retrospect used the name KGB to refer to all its predecessor organizations going back to the founding of the Soviet Union.

During its existence the Committee had many names, finally adopting '''KGB''' in 1954 which was used until the dissolution of the Soviet Empire in 1992.  Historians and writers have often in retrospect used the name KGB to refer to all its predecessor organizations going back to the founding of the Soviet Union.

The KGB was not the only Soviet intelligence organization seeking to subvert and overthrow legitimate foreign governments.  [[Alger Hiss]] for example, was actually an agent of Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU), not the KGB.  This has led to some confusion even today.  

The KGB was not the only Soviet intelligence organization seeking to subvert and overthrow legitimate foreign governments.  [[Alger Hiss]] for example, was actually an agent of Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU), not the KGB.  This has led to some confusion even today.  

Below is a table listing eight different Soviet intelligence entities operating in the United States between the period of 1921 and 1943.

Below is a table listing eight different Soviet intelligence entities operating in the [[United States]] between the period of 1921 and 1943.

*[[Comintern]]

*[[Comintern]]