Serhii Plokhy

The West German intelligence thought that it was too dangerous for him to stay in Germany. They sent him under a different name to South Africa. So that's the story of Stashinsky himself. But going back to Bandera, of course, the fact that he confessed and it became known that KGB assassinated Bandera, that added to the image and to general mythology about Bandera.

The West German intelligence thought that it was too dangerous for him to stay in Germany. They sent him under a different name to South Africa. So that's the story of Stashinsky himself. But going back to Bandera, of course, the fact that he confessed and it became known that KGB assassinated Bandera, that added to the image and to general mythology about Bandera.

The West German intelligence thought that it was too dangerous for him to stay in Germany. They sent him under a different name to South Africa. So that's the story of Stashinsky himself. But going back to Bandera, of course, the fact that he confessed and it became known that KGB assassinated Bandera, that added to the image and to general mythology about Bandera.

It depends on the period. At the time that we just described, late 50s and early 60s, they were not powerful at all. And the reasons for that was that people like Khrushchev were really concerned about the secret police becoming too powerful. It became too powerful in their mind under Stalin, under Beria,

It depends on the period. At the time that we just described, late 50s and early 60s, they were not powerful at all. And the reasons for that was that people like Khrushchev were really concerned about the secret police becoming too powerful. It became too powerful in their mind under Stalin, under Beria,

It depends on the period. At the time that we just described, late 50s and early 60s, they were not powerful at all. And the reasons for that was that people like Khrushchev were really concerned about the secret police becoming too powerful. It became too powerful in their mind under Stalin, under Beria,

And it was concern about Beria's power as a secret police chief that led to the coup against Beria. And Khrushchev came into power and Beria was arrested and executed. And what Khrushchev was trying to do after that was trying to put, since 54, the name was already KGB, KGB under his control.

And it was concern about Beria's power as a secret police chief that led to the coup against Beria. And Khrushchev came into power and Beria was arrested and executed. And what Khrushchev was trying to do after that was trying to put, since 54, the name was already KGB, KGB under his control.

And it was concern about Beria's power as a secret police chief that led to the coup against Beria. And Khrushchev came into power and Beria was arrested and executed. And what Khrushchev was trying to do after that was trying to put, since 54, the name was already KGB, KGB under his control.

So he was appointing the former Komsomol leaders as the heads of the KGB, so the people who really owned everything to him, that sort of position. And the heads of the KGB were not members of Politburo. It changed in the 70s with Andropov, where KGB... started to play, again, a very important role in the Soviet history.

So he was appointing the former Komsomol leaders as the heads of the KGB, so the people who really owned everything to him, that sort of position. And the heads of the KGB were not members of Politburo. It changed in the 70s with Andropov, where KGB... started to play, again, a very important role in the Soviet history.

So he was appointing the former Komsomol leaders as the heads of the KGB, so the people who really owned everything to him, that sort of position. And the heads of the KGB were not members of Politburo. It changed in the 70s with Andropov, where KGB... started to play, again, a very important role in the Soviet history.

Let's say decisions on Afghanistan and the Soviet troops marching into Afghanistan were made, apart from Brezhnev, by the trio of the People who would be called today Sylviki, maybe, or not all of them were Sylviki, but one, of course, was on the drop of the head of the KGB.

Let's say decisions on Afghanistan and the Soviet troops marching into Afghanistan were made, apart from Brezhnev, by the trio of the People who would be called today Sylviki, maybe, or not all of them were Sylviki, but one, of course, was on the drop of the head of the KGB.

Let's say decisions on Afghanistan and the Soviet troops marching into Afghanistan were made, apart from Brezhnev, by the trio of the People who would be called today Sylviki, maybe, or not all of them were Sylviki, but one, of course, was on the drop of the head of the KGB.

Another was the Minister of Defense, and then there was Secretary in Charge of the Military-Industrial Complex, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. But the head of the KGB became really not just the member of Politburo, but the the member of that inner circle.

Another was the Minister of Defense, and then there was Secretary in Charge of the Military-Industrial Complex, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. But the head of the KGB became really not just the member of Politburo, but the the member of that inner circle.

Another was the Minister of Defense, and then there was Secretary in Charge of the Military-Industrial Complex, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. But the head of the KGB became really not just the member of Politburo, but the the member of that inner circle.

And then the fact that Andropov succeeds Brezhnev is also a manifestation of the power that KGB acquired really after Khrushchev in the 1970s and then going into the 1980s.

And then the fact that Andropov succeeds Brezhnev is also a manifestation of the power that KGB acquired really after Khrushchev in the 1970s and then going into the 1980s.