State Committee of National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic

History

Creation of bodies of national security of the Kyrgyz Republic began during establishment of the Soviet power in the Turkestan region. In November, 1917 the power in Tashkent passed to Councils of working and soldier's deputies. By the end of 1918 practically in all territory of modern Kyrgyzstan the Soviet power was established. In October, 1918 members of Semirechensky regional executive committee and a regional national commissariat made the decision on the organization of the extraordinary commission of inquiry (ECI), in November of the same year it was transformed to the Turkestan Extraordinary Commission (TURCHK). Activity of this organization was directed to fight against a counterrevolution. Fight against the Basmachi movement remained the main objective also.

Since February, 1922 problems of TurChK were assigned to the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (PCIA), in its structure the State Political Directorate (SPD) was created. The main objective of GPU was system and organized fight against a counterrevolution and espionage. Besides, fight against diversion, terrorism, smuggling, gangsterism, counterfeiters and also search of criminals and strengthening of the power in border areas was assigned to security officers. Protection and protection of frontier was also assigned to security officers. After national delimitation, in December, 1924 the Regional department of GPU of the Cara-Kyrgyz autonomous region was created.

From the beginning of the Great Patriotic War with fascist Germany and its satellites activity of security service passes to a new stage. All activity of bodies was directed to fight against fascist aggressors. The organization of diversions, commission of terrorist attacks, the organization of separatist, nationalist manifestations and insurgent, basmatch formations, creation of defeatist mood, failure of an appeal in ranks of the Soviet Army, disorder of collective farms, destruction of a stock of grain products and many other things was the main objective of the opponent. In such difficult conditions security officers performed numerous counterprospecting operations on search and liquidation of enemy prospecting and diversionary groups.

In post-war years of the USSR unknown efforts succeeded to recover the national economy, to construct an extensive socialist system in the world. The Committee for State Security (CSS) of the USSR becomes one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world. Security officers successfully worked, protecting and protecting the Soviet, socialist system.

After finding of sovereignty many tests fell to lot of the Kyrgyz republic. The country endures difficult processes of a transient period. In these conditions for young independent intelligence agency of Kyrgyzstan – the State Committee of National Security (SCNS) set singular problems. It is first of all protection of national interests of the country and ensuring political stability.