The evolution of the KGB; Tsarist origins (1565-1917); the Cheka, counter-revolution and the "Lockhart Conspiracy" (1917-21); Foreign Intelligence and "active measures" in the Dzerzhinsky era (1919-27); Stalin and spy-mania (1926-38); "Enemies of the People" abroad (1929-40); Sigint, agent penetration and the "Magnificent Five" from Cambridge (1930-9); World War II (1939-41); the Great Patriotic War (1941-5); the takeover of Eastern Europe (1944-8); Cold War - the Stalinist phase (1945-53); the Cold War after Stalin (1953-63); the Brezhnev era - the East, the Third World and the West (1964-72/3); the decline and fall of Detente (1972-84); the Gorbachev era (1985-). Appendices: KGB Chairmen; Heads of the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence); the organization of the KGB; the organization of the KGB First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence); KGB First chief directorate (Foreign Intelligence) headquarters, Yasenevo; KGB First chief directorate (Foreign Intelligence) headquarters, Yasenevo, main building; the organization of a KGB residency; KGB residents in major capitals; KGB residents in: USA, London, Dublin, Paris, Bonn, Rome, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Japan.
