The Lubyanka Files
29 KGB Training Manuals (1965–1989)
Mostly Russian originals
By Michael Weiss October 16, 2022
Article
| Title | Title in Russian | Language | Year | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Counsellor”: Review on the topic of “Recruitment under a false flag” | «Советник»: обзор по теме «Вербовка под чужим флагом» | RU | 1965 | (100 MB) |
| Identification of assets: drawing from experience | Из опыта проведения оперативных установок | RU | 1965 | (58 MB) |
| “Albert”: Review on the topic of “Revealing the Fraud” | «Альберт»: Обзор по теме «Разоблачение подставы» | RU | 1966 | (37 MB) |
| Intelligence agent’s operational dictionary | Агентурно-оперативный словарь разведчика | RU | 1967 | (57 MB) |
| Identifying disinformation in intelligence materials | Выявление дезинформации в разведывательных материалах | RU | 1968 | (9 MB) |
| Using delegations and tourism for intelligence purposes | Использование делегаций и туризма в разведывательных целях | RU | 1968 | (40 MB) |
| Using the capabilities of the Soviet Committee for Cultural Relations with Compatriots Abroad in intelligence work | Использование возможностей советского Комитета по культурным связям с соотечественниками за рубежом в разведывательной работе | RU | 1968 | (44 MB) |
| Agency Recruiting | Вербовка агентуры | RU | 1969 | (315 MB) |
| Agent Communication | Связь с агентурой | RU | 1970 | (41 MB) |
| Agents and operational situation, key elements, and sources of study | Агентурно-оперативная обстановка, её основные элементы и источники её изучения | RU | 1970 | (38 MB) |
| The main directions and objects of intelligence work abroad | Основные направления и объекты разведывательной работы за границей | RU | 1970 | (51 MB) |
| Visual intelligence | Визуальная разведка | RU | 1970 | (17 MB) |
| Working with agents | Работа с агентурой | RU | 1970 | (18 MB) |
| Exposing the enemy’s frame-ups in the process of cultivating persons of interest for the intelligence work | Разоблачение подстав противника в процессе разработки лиц, представляющих разведывательный интерес | RU | 1971 | (35 MB) |
| Methods for identifying the enemy’s agents-provocateurs and fighting them. Lecture | Методы выявления агентов-провокаторов противника и борьба с ними. Лекция | RU | 1971 | (3 MB) |
| Working with agents | Работа с агентурой | RU | 1970 | (60 MB) |
| Using delegations and tourism for intelligence purposes | Использование делегаций и туризма в разведывательных целях | RU | 1971 | (23 MB) |
| Engaged persons in the foreign intelligence of the Soviet Union’s state security agencies | Привлечённые лица во внешней разведке органов государственной безопасности Советского Союза | RU | 1972 | (12 MB) |
| Confidential relations in the KGB’s foreign intelligence and working with them | Доверительные связи во внешней разведке КГБ и работа с ними | RU | 1977 | (8 MB) |
| Using international scientific events and exhibitions held in the Soviet Union in the interest of scientific and technical intelligence | Использование в интересах научно-технической разведки международных научных мероприятий и выставок, проводимых на территории СССР | RU | 1981 | (9 MB) |
| The intensification of the fight of police services of capitalist states against organized crime and its influence on foreign intelligence measures | RU | 1982 | (241 MB) | |
| Aspects of training an operative to exert psychological influence on foreigners in the process of asset cultivation. Scientific report | Некоторые аспекты подготовки оперработника к оказанию психологического воздействия на иностранцев в процессе его разработки. Научный отчёт | RU | 1985 | (7 MB) |
| Conspiracy in intelligence work in the Soviet Union from the position of cover agencies. Analytical review | Конспирация в разведывательной работе на территории Советского Союза с позиции ведомств прикрытия. Аналитический обзор | RU | 1988 | (5 MB) |
| Possibilities of using psychological methods to study personality in operational practice. Analytical review | Возможности использования психологических методов изучения личности в условиях оперативной практики. Аналитический обзор | RU | 1988 | (6 MB) |
| Recruitment and training of recruiting agents for the purpose of infiltrating the U.S. institutions: drawing on North Africa’s experience. Analytical review | Приобретение и подготовка агентов-вербовщиков в целях разведывательнoгo проникновения в учреждения США (на примере ряда североафриканских стран). Аналитический обзор | RU | 1988 | (39 MB) |
| Political intelligence from the Soviet Union’s territory | Политическая разведка с территории СССР | RU | 1989 | (54 MB) |
| Working with information in intelligence | Информационная работа в разведке | RU | (58 MB) | |
| Psychological types of recruitment assets: general characteristics and methods of identification in operational practice. Analytical review | Психологические типы объектов вербовочной разработки: общая характеристика и методы выявления в оперативной практике. Аналитический обзор | RU | (7 MB) | |
| Some Aspects of Training the Operative for Psychological Influence of Foreigners During Cultivation | EN | (78 KB) |
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