Committee for State Security
Created on May 30, 1954 according to the ukase of Verkhovna Rada Presidium, the committee completely corresponded to the authority and organizational structure of KGB (created on March 13, 1954). Procedural powers of KDB and its investigative jurisdiction were identified with adoption of the Criminal (1960) and the Criminal Procedural (1961) Codes of the Ukrainian SSR. On July 20, 1978 the name of committee changed from the Committee for State Security at the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR to simply the Committee for State Security of the Ukrainian SSR.