The Structure of the KGB

The General Secretary

Central Committee, CSPU
Central Committee, State and Law Department
Politburo

KGB Chairmen
KGB Deputies
Collegium
KGB Party Committee

Special Inspectorate
Secretariat

Personnel Directorate
Finance and Planning Directorate
Mobilization Directorate
Administrative and Supply Directorate

CHIEF DIRECTORATES

First Chief Directorate
Foreign Intelligence

Second Chief Directorate
Internal Security and Counterintelligence

Third Chief Directorate
Military Counterintelligence

Border Troops

Eighth Chief Directorate
Communications
Cryptography

DIRECTORATES

Fourth Directorate
Transport

Fifth Directorate
Ideology and Dissidents
Protection of the Constitution

Sixth Directorate
Economic Counterintelligence
Industrial Security

Operation Technical (OTU)

Seventh Directorate
Surveillance

Sixteenth Directorate
Communications Interception
SIGINT

Fifteenth Directorate
Security of Government Installations

Military Construction

DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

KGB Protection Service (formerly Ninth Directorate)
Government Guards

Tenth Department
Archives

Investigation Department

KGB Higher School

Government Communication Service

Sixth Department
Interception and Inspection of Correspondence

Twelfth Department
Eavesdropping