FSO history

FSO precursor is the 9^th department of KGB USSR. The last chief who leaded the Service of safeguard, KGB USSR before the August period, 1991 was colonel-general Y.S. Plekhanov (discharged on Aug 22, 1991 for the participation in attempt of USSR President’s isolation).

In August - December, 1991 the structures of KGB USSR were in the process of non-stop reorganization which ended by their re-subordination to the President of Russia - Yeltsin. Unlike bodies of security, external intelligence and frontier service converted at first into the inter-republican ones, the bodies of governmental communication and state safeguard were transferred to the machinery of USSR President and acts on their re-organization were almost not published. In Dec, 1991 in one of decree there are some data concerning the Department of safeguard by USSR President to which a Separate Kremlin regiment (now - President regiment of FSO Russia) was subordinated.

Safeguard of the Supreme Soviet of Russian Federation, RF Government and their subordinated bodies in the White House since 1955 was assigned to a subdivision consisting of MVD officers entered into the staff of the Supreme Soviet (VS), RSFSR. By 1990 its name was the Service of security and safeguard of RSFSR governmental objects. After B.N. Yeltsin became the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR a Division of security by the Supreme Soviet’s Chairman with A.V. Korghakov as its head was created in this structure.

In October, 1991 the Service of security and safeguard by the united direction of VS Chairman and Government by the agreement with the President’s Administration was renamed into the Department of high bodies of state power and RSFSR administration safeguard.

On Dec 10, 1991 instead of Gennady Bashkin - who had been appointed by USSR President Gorbachev -M.I. Barsukov took office of the Kremlin’s commandant (appointed by Russia President Yeltsin).

History of governmental safeguard bodies:

Special department by VChK College
Special department of GPU
Special department by OGPU College - Dec, 1929
5^th department (special safeguard) of Operod, SOU OGPU Jan, 1930 - Mar, 1931
5^th department (special safeguard) of Operod, SOU OGPU Mar - Jun, 1931
4^th department of Operod, OGPU Jun, 1931 -
Operod of OGPU
Operative division (Operod) of GUGB NKVD USSR Jul, 1934 - Nov, 1936
Division of safeguard by GUGB NKVD USSR Dec, 1936 - Jun, 1938
Department of Moscow Kremlin’s commandant, NKVD USSR
1^st division of 1^st Department by NKVD USSR Jun - Sep, 1938
1^st division of GUGB
1^st division of NKGB
Department of Moscow Kremlin’s commandant, NKGB USSR
1^st division of NKVD
Department of Moscow Kremlin’s commandant, NKVD USSR
Sixth department of NKGB USSR Apr, 1943 - Mar, 1946
Department of Moscow Kremlin’s commandant, NKGB USSR
Sixth department of MGB USSR Mar, 1946 - Apr, 1946
Department of safeguard No. 1, MGB Apr, 1946 - Dec, 1946
Department of safeguard No. 2, MGB Apr, 1946 - Dec, 1946
Department of Moscow Kremlin’s commandant, MGB USSR - Dec, 1946
Headquarters of safeguard, MGB USSR Dec, 1946 - May, 1952
Department of safeguard, MGB May, 1952
Ninth department of MVD USSR Mar, 1953 - Mar, 1954
Tenth department of MVD USSR Mar, 1953- Mar, 1954
Ninth department of KGB by SM USSR Mar, 1954 -
Tenth department of KGB by SM USSR Mar, 1954 -
Fifteenth department of KGB by SM USSR
Ninth department of KGB USSR
Fifteenth department of KGB USSR
Service of safeguard, KGB USSR
Department of safeguard by USSR President
Headquarters of safeguard (GUO) RF
Service of RF President’s security (SBP)
Federal service of safeguard (FSO), RF

Beside look:

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Resources:

Historical reference "GRU, KGB and others..."

Russia Government and federal bodies of the executive. - Structural reference. - M., IEG "Panorama", 1995. Electronic version, 1997 - 1998.