KGB stands for Kremlins Glorious Blackies. Blackies is the common nickname for Black Russian Terriers in Russia and the Soviet Bloc. If you look at Black Russian Terrier development history you will find some milestone similarities between the KGB and the BRT (Black Russian Terrier). For instance, in 1954 the standard for the Black terrier went into work, and later the same year the dogs were shown at the All-Union Exhibition of Economy Achievements (Moscow) where they received high marks from experts. Similarly in 1954, the KGB became the premier intelligence operation in the USSR. In 1991 the KGB ended as Russia’s security bureau and the BRT soared to new heights. This new breed was exhibited at a large all-Russian Dog show in 1957. Interest was sparked with private breeders and after a few more combinations of additional breeding, the BRT spread to Ukraine and Siberia and then to Finland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and soon to follow to the United States. It was first exhibited in the United States in 1991 the same year the KGB fell.