ФСБ

Russian

Etymology

Initialism of Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции (Federálʹnaja slúžba bezopásnosti Rossíjskoj Federácii, “Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛf ɛz ˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: эф-эс-бэ́)
IPA^(key): [ɪfɨzˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: эфэсбэ́)
IPA^(key): [fɛ ɛz ˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: фэ-эс-бэ́)
IPA^(key): [fɨɪzˈbɛ] (phonetic respelling: фээсбэ́)

Proper noun

ФСБ • (FSB) f inan (indeclinable)

FSB (successor organization to the Soviet KGB)

Derived terms

эфесбе́шник (efesbɛ́šnik)

See also

КГБ (KGB)
НКВД (NKVD)
ВЧК (VČK)

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