"Soviet Border Troops, (Russian: \u041F\u043E\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043D\u0438\u0447\u043D\u044B\u0435 \u0432\u043E\u0439\u0441\u043A\u0430 \u0421\u0421\u0421\u0420, Pogranichnyye Voiska SSSR) were the militarized border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to its subsequently reorganized state security agency: first to Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to KGB. Accordingly, they were known as NKVD Border Troops and KGB Border Troops (with Russian abbreviations - \u041D\u041A\u0412\u0414 \u0421\u0421\u0421\u0420/- \u041A\u0413\u0411 \u0421\u0421\u0421\u0420 added on the end of official names)."@en . . .