The soviet unions main internal and external security agency from 1954 until the breakup of the u. List of books and articles about kgb online research. Among the targets of the cheka were russian nationalists who objected strongly soviet union. Jul 03, 2015 cold war files show secret war between cia and kgb in canada july 3, 2015 by ian allen leave a comment a set of declassified intelligence documents from the 1950s and 1960s offer a glimpse into the secret war fought in canada between american and soviet spy agencies at the height of the cold war. Cast michael billington peter hubbardpetyr kolpakov denise dubarry adelle martin michael ansara lyman tayler walter gotell nickolai dyukov sally kellerman fran simpson. The kgb remained there for two decades, until the collapse of the soviet union put an end to the surveillance operation in 1991. James bond helps a russian general escape into the west. Among the targets of the cheka were russian nationalists who. Secret victories of the kgb soviet sports wars secret soviet moon mission. While most of the kgb archives remain classified, two online documentary sources are available.
The cia would never have learned about the true causes of numerous incidents if it wasnt for defectors. During the decade that culminated in the rise to power of mikhail gorbachev, an avalanche of top secret documents poured out from kgb headquarters in moscow to its residencies throughout the world. By the end of the civil war the cheka had become a powerful force. He soon finds out that the kgb wants to kill him for helping the general. June 1989 world war iii has finally happened, and the ussr is winning. Cold war files show secret war between cia and kgb in canada. The agency was a military service governed by army laws and regulations, in the same fashion as the soviet army or the mvd internal troops. Yuri andropov yuri andropov, who was head of the kgb, and ultimately general secretary of the soviet government. Release dates 2 also known as aka 7 release dates usa 1 november 1985. Its main functions were foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, operativeinvestigatory activities, guarding the state border of the ussr, guarding the. The cheka a forerunner of the notorious kgb, or political police, was formed in december 1917 to protect communist power. The secret war 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Secrets of war, the cold war 05 inside the kgb anothertv. Top secret history of kgb, 1977, chapters 112 and appendix.
Oleg gordievsky was a kgb colonel and residentdesignate in london in 1985 when he defected. With michael billington, denise dubarry, michael ansara, walter gotell. Under gorbachevs policies, the power of the kgb was strongly curtailed, and in the aftermath of the attempted coup 1991 against him, in which kgb leaders played a major role, reformers were named to head the kgb and interior ministry. If you grafted the central intelligence agency cia with the federal bureau of investigation fbi, added a few hefty tablespoons of paranoia and repression, and translated the whole megillah into russian, you might wind up with something like the kgb. The story told by the americans is surprisingly straightforward. Peter earnest, retired cia senior intelligence officer, and oleg kalugin, retired major general in the soviet kgb, shared stories from the cold war. The series premiered in the united states on january 30, 20, on the cable network fx, and concluded its fifth season on may 30, 2017. The secret war 1985, michael billington drama movie. In the course of this red terror, the cheka perfected the system of summary execution used by subsequent russian intelligence agencies. The kgb wielded their secret power through five dark decades until the end of the cold war in 1991. The secret war is a 1985 american film directed by dwight h. Caught in a time no longer ruled by the morality of the church or the sword of kings and devastated by two world wars, two great countries found themselves engaged in a new type of battle.
First premiering in 1983, the emmy awardwinning action series ran for four seasons on cbs. This program investigates the probes and projects sponsored by the kgb to look into paranormal matters. May 21, 2014 the assets is an eightpart miniseries based on the real life events of cia counterintelligence officer sandy grimes jodie whittaker. The main duties of the kgb were to gather intelligence in other nations, conduct counterintelligence, maintain the secret police, the kgb military corps and the border guards, suppress internal resistance, and conduct electronic espionage. What they didnt expect was evidence of ancient alien visitation, paranormal properties associated with related artifacts, and most shocking of all, of a mass abduction in 1985. This top secret 639page history of the soviet state security organs was completed in 1977 under the auspices of viktor chebrikov, the deputy head of the kgb who later became head of the agency. Cast michael billington peter hubbardpetyr kolpakov denise dubarry adelle martin.
The agent steals top secret computer microchips as barter material to switch sides and is hunted by a u. The russian president vladimir putin has brought the old kgb spy agents back to life. This topsecret 639page history of the soviet state security organs was completed in 1977 under the auspices of viktor chebrikov, the deputy head of the kgb who later became head of the agency. The secret works of soviet secret agents by john barron.
Matthew rhys and keri russell play kgb agents under deep cover in the united states in the 1980s, working as travel agents in. The assets is an eightpart miniseries based on the real life events of cia counterintelligence officer sandy grimes jodie whittaker. The kgb was a soviet union foreign intelligence and domestic security agency established in 1954, a year after dictator joseph stalins death. Uncover the truth behind the unseen cold war battles and the kgb s fight with western intelligence. Jul 26, 2018 kgb officers standing guard during margaret thatchers visit to russia in 1985. In this spy caper, kgb agent peter hubbard michael billington has stolen some classified information on the u. The season follows the legends, a dysfunctional team of timetraveling superheroes and antiheroes, and their mission to correct aberrations. Cold war files show secret war between cia and kgb in canada july 3, 2015 by ian allen leave a comment a set of declassified intelligence documents from the 1950s and 1960s offer a glimpse into the secret war fought in canada between american and soviet spy agencies at. On the outside, hotel viru appeared to have 22 floors. Joseph stalinformed the kgb spy agency during the start of the cold war. A soviettrained assassin is determined to escape his double life as a hitman and as a husbandfather. Kgb officers standing guard during margaret thatchers visit to russia in 1985.
I was reading something on a film website one day, and the writer mentioned this movie i think in context of sally kellerman. Secrets of war, the cold war 05 inside the kgb youtube. Cold war files show secret war between cia and kgb in. During the russian civil war of 19181920, the cheka led by the onetime polish aristocrat felix arrested, tortured, and executed thousands of citizens. The second season of the american television series legends of tomorrow, which is based on characters from dc comics, premiered on the cw on october, 2016, and ran for 17 episodes until april 4, 2017. Watch shadow ops episodes online season 1 20 tv guide. It operated legal and illegal espionage residencies in target countries where a legal resident gathered intelligence while based at the soviet embassy or consulate, and, if caught, was protected from prosecution by diplomatic immunity. Oct 02, 2015 this feature is not available right now. Russia s main intelligence agency, its security agency and the secret police, all came under the kgb. Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti kgb is a russian language abbreviation. Uncover the truth behind the unseen cold war battles and the kgbs fight with western intelligence.
The remnant of the us pacific fleet is ordered to regroup in the south pacific. List of world war 2 themed miniseries and television series. The rise and fall of the kgb in america, historians john earl haynes and harvey klehr teamed up with former kgb member and journalist alexander vassiliev to illustrate the phenomenon of soviet espionage in the united states from 1930s till the end of the second world war, using documents vassiliev accessed in the kgb archive. Michael billington, denise dubarry, michael ansara akas. The turning point may just be auckland, new zealand. In 1985, ames offered the names of three double agents to a kgb contact, thinking that what he was doing was not that treasonous since they were technically kgb agents.
The season follows the legends, a dysfunctional team of timetraveling superheroes and antiheroes, and their mission to correct aberrations in time resulting from their first mission together. Americans, the internet movie firearms database guns. Secret victories of the kgb details the dynamics of the twentieth century world propelled by an ideological battle for the hearts and minds of people. Season 1, episode 2 june 3, 20 a profile of oleg gordievsky, a kgb colonel who worked as a double agent for british intelligence for a decade before defecting to the west in 1985. The kgb history shows that the soviet intelligence service and secret police checka changed many names and functions before it transformed into the kgb. The kgb also enforced soviet morals and promoted soviet ideology with propaganda. Topsecret history of kgb, 1977, chapters 112 and appendix. The various name changes of cheka and their dates are given as follows, cheka december 1917 gpu february 1922 ogpu july 1923 gugb july 1934 released for publicnkgb february 1941. The fbi has charged russians with trying to influence the last american presidential election, including the whimsical detail that one of them was to build a cage to hold an actor in prison clothes pretending to be. The russian kgb was an umbrella organization of ussr up till november 6, 1991. Samaritan shows its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force the machine out of hiding.
Jul 12, 2017 secret kgb torture house opens its doors in riga. The kgb was then renamed and restricted to counterintelligence, economic crimes, and air and rail security. In truth, it had the secret 23rd floor, which housed kgb agents and the technology that they used to spy on all of the guests at the hotel. A cloak and dagger dramedy that follows the exploits of a secret agent who reluctantly teams up with a divorced mother, this popular 80s series stars television icons bruce boxleitner babylon 5 and kate jackson charlies angels. The kgb and the atomic bomb kgb set off espionage mission against the us, in attempt to steal research from the manhattan project the kgb in world war ii and the cold war kgb spies for the manhattan project klaus fuchs was a huge part of the kgbs mission, because of his.
The aim of secret service agents was to protect the welfare and interest of the ruling government in the u. Sep 28, 2016 the kgb was a soviet union foreign intelligence and domestic security agency established in 1954, a year after dictator joseph stalins death. The americans is an american television period drama series created and produced by former cia officer joe weisberg. The cold war is the tenth episode of season 4 and the 78th produced hour of person of interest. Hehas resurrected the old soviet union kgbformed to challenge the united states cia agents during the start of the cold war.
Politico has reported that a major reshuffle of russias security agencies is under way that will unite the fsb the main successor agency to the kgb with russias foreign. Mar 28, 2018 the story told by the americans is surprisingly straightforward. A spy thriller about a kgb agent operating inside the u. Chapter vii dangerous little brothers exposes the methods of the superb, super secret, and still active cuban dgi foreign intelligence 2 during the 1960s and 70s, when cuban dgi officers, working in conjunction with the kgb, scored spectacular victories against the u. The kgb remained there for two decades, until the collapse of the soviet union. My times column on the russian encouragement and perhaps origin of the now discredited theory of nuclear winter so, russia does appear to interfere in western politics. Newly uncovered evidence points to andropovs major influence on foreign affairs from 1967 to 1982, his interest in superpower confrontations with the us, the space race, and disseminating information to the west via victor louis. Mar 15, 2015 the relationship between the kgb and its ghastly brood of daughter organizations through which moscow terrorized the satellite states grabbed by stalin during and after world war ii everyone has heard of the kgb, but little has been published about its daughter oganizations. A time magazine article in 1983 reported that the kgb was the worlds most effective informationgathering organization. A town like alice 1981 war, drama, romance miniseries 1 season 1981 set against the brutal chaos of world war ii, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. The relationship between the kgb and its ghastly brood of daughter organizations through which moscow terrorized the satellite states grabbed by stalin during and after world war ii everyone has heard of the kgb, but little has been published about its daughter oganizations.