Chebrikov, Viktor Mikhaylovich

Chebrikov, Viktor Mikhaylovich
▪ 2000

      Soviet spymaster who, as deputy chairman (1968–82) and chairman (1982–88) of the Committee for State Security, or KGB, skillfully presided over the Soviet intelligence agency during a period of great success against the U.S., only to lose power when his ideological opponent, General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, instituted a new era of glasnost (openness) in the 1980s (b. April 27, 1923, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian S.S.R. [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]—d. July 2, 1999, Moscow, Russia).

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