The 100th Anniversary of the Establishment of Counterintelligence Units in National Security Agencies

Obverse

a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and a semicircular inscription above it along the rim: ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed with paired diamonds on both sides, under the coat of arms there are the chemical symbol of the metal and fineness on the left and fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription: ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin denomination: ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue: ‘2022 г.’ (2022).

Reverse

a relief image of the main building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) on Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow and, above it, a coloured image of the emblem of the Counterintelligence Service of the FSB on a matte surface; the relief inscription divided with a point: ‘100-ЛЕТИЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ В СОСТАВЕ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННЫХ ОРГАНОВ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ КОНТРРАЗВЕДЫВАТЕЛЬНЫХ ПОДРАЗДЕЛЕНИЙ’ (THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE UNITS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCIES) is around the circumference.

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.V. Gnidin (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
Edge: 300 corrugations.

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The Board of the State Political Directorate (GPU) under the RSFSR People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs started its work on 6 May 1922. The GPU decided to establish a centralised main counterintelligence unit in the system of the state security agencies – the Counterintelligence Division (KRO) within the Secret Operations Directorate (SOU) of the GPU.

The staff and the structure (including 10 units) of the KRO were approved on 7 July 1922. The first head of the KRO was Artur Kh. Artuzov (Frauchi) whose name is associated with the development and completion of the legendary operations Trust and Syndicate-2.

Today, the counterintelligence corps are the main structural unit in the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Counterintelligence tasks are the responsibility of all security units and agencies.

Source: http://www.fsb.ru