MGB

1. the Ministry of State Security in the U.S.S.R. that functioned as the government's secret-police organization from 1946–53.

MGB

abbreviation for

1. Ministry of State Security; the Soviet secret police from 1946 to 1954

Word History and Origins

Origin of MGB¹

< Russian, for Ministérstvo gosudárstvennoĭ bezopásnosti

Word History and Origins

Origin of MGB¹

from Russian Ministerstvo gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti