People's Commissariat for State Security
| Народный комиссариат государственной безопасности | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 3 February 1941 14 April 1943 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Dissolved | 20 July 1941 15 March 1946 |
| Superseding agencies | |
| Type | Intelligence agency Secret police |
| Jurisdiction | Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union |
| Headquarters | Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Soviet Union |
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The People's Commissariat for State Security (Russian: Народный комиссариат государственной безопасности, romanized: Narodnyy komissariat gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti) or NKGB, was the name of the Soviet secret police, intelligence and counter-intelligence force that existed from 3 February 1941 to 20 July 1941, and again from 14 April 1943 to 15 March 1946, before being renamed the Ministry for State Security (MGB).