The KGB of the Ukrainian SSR ( uk, Комітет державної безпеки УРСР) was a state committee of the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
and a regional predecessor of the
Security Service of Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian ...
, a republican part of All-Union
Committee for State Security. After the adaptation of the
Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union, had four successive constitutions during its existence. The first (1919) was in Russian and the final three were in Ukrainian.
The final constitution remained effective until the ...
(1978), it possessed a ministerial authority.
History
Created on May 30, 1954, according to the ukase of
Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada, Verkhovna Rada Presidium, the committee completely corresponded to the authority and organizational structure of
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
(created on March 13, 1954). Procedural powers of KGB, and its investigative jurisdiction were identified with adoption of the Criminal (1960) and the Criminal Procedural (1961) Codes of the Ukrainian SSR.
With the creation of the
Security Service of Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian ...
on September 20, 1991, the committee was dissolved according to the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
statement "About creation of the Service of National Security of Ukraine".
According to the statement, the KGB of Ukraine was liquidated, while its employees, archives and documents were now under control of Security Service of Ukraine except for the technical divisions for encryption and communications, and the guard service. The encryption and communication service was subordinated to the Verkhovna Rada, while the guard service was transferred to the jurisdiction of the
National Guard of Ukraine
The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Minist ...
.
Chairmen
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Timofei Strokach
Timofei Amvrosievich Strokach (russian: Тимофей Амвросиевич Строкач; uk, Тимофій Амвросійович Строкач, Tymofiy Strokach; 4 March 1903 – 15 August 1963) was a prominent military figure of the S ...
(1953 – 1954)
*
Vitali Nikitchenko (April 16, 1954 – July 16, 1970)
*
Vitali Fedorchuk (July 16, 1970 – May 26, 1982)
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Stepan Mukha
Stepan ( uk, Степань; pl, Stepań; he, סטפאן) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (raion, district) of Rivne Oblast (oblast, province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the Ukrainian Census (2001), 2001 Ukra ...
(May 26, 1982 – 1987)
*
Nikolai Golushko Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko (russian: Никола́й Миха́йлович Голу́шко; uk, Микола Михайлович Голушко ; born 21 June 1937 in the village Andreyevka in Kokshetau region, Kazakh SSR) is a former minis ...
(1987 – September 20, 1991)
See also
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State Committee of the Soviet Union
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State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus
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KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
Further reading
* Lubyanka. Handbook. ''VChK-OGPU-NKVD-NKGB-MGB-MVD-KGB 1917-1960''. Moscow, 1997.
* Korovin, V. ''The history of domestic security agencies''. Moscow, 1998.
* Kolpakidi, A., Prokhorov, D. ''Foreign intelligence of Russia''. Saint Petersburg, 2001.
External links
Land Administration buildingWeb Encyclopedia of Kiev (WEK)
Committee for State Security of the Ukrainian SSR
* Okipnyuk, V.
Committee for State Security of the USSR and Committee for State Security of the URSR
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. "Naukova dumka". Kiev, 2007.
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