The FSB Academy, in full the Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky is a Russian government school which teaches tradecraft to intelligence officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the greater Russian Intelligence Community, and Russian allies, including many of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. It has existed in various names and forms since 1921, when it was established by the Cheka to educate Soviet secret police. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the FSB Academy was chartered August 24, 1992, to absorb the Higher School of the KGB and the Academy of Border Troops.
- Country
- Soviet Union, Russia
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