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Alison J. Dray-Novey, who taught history at Notre Dame University of Maryland, died from COVID-19 and Parkinson’s disease at Tuckerman Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in North Bethesda. The Roland Park resident was 77.

KGB Operations in North America | History of the Soviet Secret Service The KGB (Russian: Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности / КГБ; translated in English as Committee for State Security), was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991. Formed in 1954, as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as the Cheka, NKGB, and MGB, the KGB was attached to the Council of Ministers. It was the chief government agency ...