History of The KGB
| Organization | Chairman | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Cheka–GPU–OGPU | Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky | 1917–26 |
| OGPU | Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinsky | 1926–34 |
| NKVD | Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda | 1934–36 |
| Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov | 1936–38 | |
| Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria | 1938–41 | |
| NKGB | Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov | 1941 (Feb–Jul) |
| NKVD | Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria | 1941–43 |
| NKGB–MGB | Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov | 1943–46 |
| MGB | Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov | 1946–51 |
| Semyon Denisovich Ignatyev | 1951–53 | |
| Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria | 1953 (Mar–Jun) | |
| Sergei Nikiforovich Kruglov | 1953–54 | |
| KGB | Ivan Aleksandrovich Serov | 1954–58 |
| Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin | 1958–61 | |
| Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny | 1961–67 | |
| Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov | 1967–1982 (Jan-May) | |
| Vitali Vasilyevich Fedorchuk | 1982 (May–Dec) | |
| Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov | 1982–88 | |
| Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov | 1988–91 | |
| Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin | 1991 (Aug–Nov) |
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