Belarusian KGB has an academy on its own, and it existed since after WWII: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%B

Belarusian KGB has an academy on its own, and it existed since after WWII: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%8C https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8... KGB office in Minsk was always quite big and powerful in Soviet times. Fun fact 1: head of FSB Patrushev studied in that academy. Fun fact 2: Lee Harvey Oswald lived in Minsk under KGB control for a few years.