Talk:KGB

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Confusing intro[edit]

The intro paragraph seems to have become hopelessly edited-by-committee. The 2005 version https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KGB&oldid=17734506 gave a succinct summary of what the KGB was and its founding & end. The current version is a set of random, disjoint facts that do not serve as an introduction. Any objections to a revert of the intro paragraph to roughly the 2005 version, and a move of the disjoint facts (South Ossetia's KGB spinoff, etc) down into the article? -- Dreadengineer (talk) 06:18, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling error?[edit]

Shouldn't "Комитет Государственной Безопасноти" in the sidebar be "Комитет Государственной Безопасности"?

Vladmir Putin[edit]

Is it worth mentioning Putin's name in this article?Dogru144 (talk) 00:12, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think he was senior enough.--Jack Upland (talk) 07:09, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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