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  • 1KGB organization —    The KGB like its predecessors was managed by a collegium composed of the organization’s most important leaders. In the 1970s the collegium was chaired by the KGB chair and included two first deputy chairs, the heads of the first and second… …

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  • 2Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies — There was a succession of Soviet secret police agencies over time. The first secret police after the Russian Revolution, created by Vladimir Lenin s decree on December 20, 1917, was called Cheka (ЧК). Officers were referred to as chekists , a… …

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  • 3FAPSI — ( ru. ФАПСИ) or Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAGCI) ( ru. Федеральное Агентство Правительственной Связи и Информации) is a Russian government agency, one of the successors of KGB. Now the part of FSB… …

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  • 4Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 5international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 6Spetsnaz — Russian special purpose regiments or Spetsnaz, Specnaz ( ru. Войска специального назначения, ( спецназ ) tr: Voyska spetsialnogo naznacheniya, pronounced|spʲetsnaz) is a general term for special forces in Russian, literally special purpose units …

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  • 7List of English words of Russian origin — Including English, contain words most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are truly fluent Russian or Slavic origin. Some of them co exist in other Slavic languages and it is difficult to decide whether they made… …

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  • 8intelligence — /in tel i jeuhns/, n. 1. capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc. 2. manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with… …

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  • 9Nikita Khrushchev — Khrushchev redirects here. For other people with this surname, see Khrushchev (surname). Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв …

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  • 10Žirmūnai — (pron. Audio IPA|Lt Zirmunai.ogg|ʒirmūnaǐ, IPAEng|ʒɝˈmuːneɪ) is the most populous administrative division (elderate) in Vilnius. It is also a neighbourhood in the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, encompassing the city district of the same name,… …

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