FAPSI history
By some data, FAPSI was created on basis of two KGB
departments - 8th and 16th. 16th department
specializing purely at electronic intelligence was founded in 1969 by Schelepin
under the guidance of Nikolay Nikolayevich Andreyev. In 1973 Andreyev was
replaced by major-general Igor Vasiliyevich Maslov. The department was working
in a close contact with 16th PGU department (external intelligence).
Structure which just took priority of FAPSI was
Committee of governmental communication by USSR President appeared while
division of KGB USSR after the August putsch.
On Oct 10, 1991 President Gorbachev approved the
Condition on Committee of governmental communication which was determined as
union and republican committee.
A list of ultimate service ranks of the Committee’s
leaders and presented disciplinary rights was enclosed to the Condition.
On Dec 24, 1991 by Russian President’s decree was
created Federal agency of governmental communication and information by RSFSR
President on basis of Committee of governmental communication by RSFSR
President. A.V. Starovoytov was appointed FAPSI general director.
Makarov Vladimir Viktorovich became a first deputy -
head of department on work with personnel. Major-general Kuranov was appointed
deputy director.
On Feb 18, 1994 lieutenant-colonel Kiselyov Boris Valentinovich, general
designer of legal informatization of Russia became FAPSI deputy director.
FAPSI Emblem was specified only on Mar 15, 1999 by RF
President decree No. 338.
On Feb 21, 1994 headquarters of information resources
(GUIR FAPSI) was created in FAPSI compound on basis of the abolished Department
of information resources by President’s Administration.
Levchenko Vladimir Alexandrovich became its head and
previous he had a post of first deputy head of UIR. On Dec 16, 1994 UIR was handed
to the President’s Administration and renamed into the Department of
informatization and documentation provision of the President’s Administration.
Federal center of economic information defense by
FAPSI was created on Apr 3, 1995 by the President’s Decree No. 334 "On measures
concerning law compliance in sphere of development, production, realization and
use of codifying means and besides services provision in sphere of
information’s codifying".
By 1990 besides a headquarters located at Dzerghinsky
square at the main KGB building it had a computer complex in the center of
Moscow and a large research laboratory in Kuntsevo, at 15 km distance from
Yasenevo, to north-west.
On Dec 7, 1998 by RF President Decree Sherstyuk
Vladislav Petrovich was appointed FAPSI general director who had performed the
duty of a head of 3rd Headquarters by the Agency (radio electronic
intelligence).
On May 31, 1999 by RF President Decree Sherstyuk was
replaced by Matyukhin Vladimir Georgiyevich, a specialist in sphere of information
protection means.
History of cryptography (codifying and decode) service
and radio intelligence bodies:
- Special
division of VChK Jan, 1921 - May, 1921
- Special
division by VChK May, 1921 - Feb, 1922
- Special
division by GPU Feb, 1922 - Nov, 1923
- Special
division by OGPU Nov, 1923 - Jul, 1934
- Special
division by GUGB NKVD USSR Jul, 1934 - 1936
- 9th
division of GUGB NKVD USSR Dec, 1936 - Sep, 1938
- Special
division by NKVD Jun - Sep, 1938
- 7th
division of GUGB NKVD USSR
- 5th
special division of NKGB
- 5th
special division of NKVD Jul, 1941 - Nov, 1942
- 5th
Department of NKVD Nov, 1942 -
- Fifth
department of NKGB
- Sixth
department of MGB May, 1946 - Oct, 1949
- Seventh
department of KI
- Headquarters
of special service (GUSS) by CK VKP (b) Oct, 1949 -
- Headquarters
of special service (GUSS) by CK KPSS - Mar, 1954
- Eighth
department of MVD USSR Mar, 1953 - Mar, 1954
- Eight
Headquarters of KGB by SM USSR Mar, 1954 - Jul, 1978
- Sixteenth
department of KGB by SM USSR
- Eight
Headquarters of KGB USSR Jul, 1978 -
- Sixteenth
department of KGB USSR
- Federal
agency of governmental communication and information (FAPSI) by RF
President
- Headquarters
of communication’s security (GUBS) of FAPSI
- Headquarters
of radio electronic intelligence of communication’s means (GURRSS) of
FAPSI
Resource:
- Association
of special services’ historians by A.H. Artuzov
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