claim: The KGB was a service that operated under the military.
evidence: The KGB , an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti -LRB- -LSB- Комитет государственнои безопасности , a = ru-KGB .. initialism. initialism. ogg , p = kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪnːəj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ -RSB- , translated in English as Committee for State Security -RRB- , was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991 .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. English. English language. security agency. security agency. Formed in 1954 , as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as the Cheka , NKGB , and MGB , the committee was attached to the Council of Ministers .. Cheka. Cheka. NKGB. People's Commissariat for State Security. MGB. Ministry of State Security ( Soviet Union ). Council of Ministers. Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. It was the chief government agency of `` union-republican jurisdiction '' , acting as internal security , intelligence , and secret police .. internal security. security agency. intelligence. Intelligence agency. secret police. secret police. Similar agencies were constituted in each of the republics of the Soviet Union aside from Russia and consisted of many ministries , state committees , and state commissions .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. republics of the Soviet Union. republics of the Soviet Union. Russia. Russian SFSR. The KGB was a military service and was governed by army laws and regulations , similar to the Soviet Army or MVD Internal Troops .. military service. military service. Soviet Army. Soviet Army. MVD. MVD. Internal Troops. Internal Troops. While most of the KGB archives remain classified , two online documentary sources are available .. Its main functions were foreign intelligence , counterintelligence , operative-investigatory activities , guarding the State Border of the USSR , guarding the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government , organization and ensuring of government communications as well as combating nationalism , dissent , and anti-Soviet activities .. intelligence. Intelligence agency. Central Committee of the Communist Party. Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the USSR , the KGB was split into the Federal Security Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation .. Federal Security Service. Federal Security Service. Foreign Intelligence Service. Foreign Intelligence Service. Russian Federation. Russian Federation. After breaking away from the Republic of Georgia in the early 1990s with Russian help , the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia established its own KGB -LRB- keeping this unreformed name -RRB- .. Republic of Georgia. Georgia ( country ). self-proclaimed. self-proclaimed. Republic of South Ossetia. Republic of South Ossetia