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This article is about the Czechoslovak state security service. For other uses, see STB (disambiguation).
State Security (Czech: Státní bezpečnost, Slovak: Štátna bezpečnosť) or StB / ŠtB, was the secret police force in communist Czechoslovakia from 1945 to its dissolution in 1990. Serving as an intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, it dealt with any activity that was considered opposition to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the state.
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Státní bezpečnost Štátna bezpečnosť | |
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Formed | 30 June 1945 |
Dissolved | 1 February 1990 |
Superseding agency |
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Type | Secret police, Intelligence agency |
Jurisdiction | Czechoslovakia |
Headquarters | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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Parent agency | National Security Corps |
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