Artur Khristyanovich Artuzov was a leading figure in the Soviet international intelligence and counter-intelligence and security officer and spymaster of the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s.
Image of Artuzov on a commemorative Russian stamp, 2002
Commanders (in chief) – in the meaning of chief, commander, commanding general, supreme commander, or manager, etc. – of the border troops and organs of state security of the USSR and the RF were as follows.
First day of issue cover, 70th anniversary border troops KGB USSR, 1988