The Soviet Union was a federal state, consisting of 15 constituent Soviet Socialist Republics, each with its own government closely resembling the central government of the USSR. The republican affiliation offices almost completely duplicated the structural organization of the main KGB.KGB of Belarusian SSR/ KDB of Belarus (seeState Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus)KGB of Ukraine / KDB of Ukraine (seeCommittee for State Security (Ukraine))KGB of Moldovan SSR/ CSS of MoldovaKGB of Estonian SSR / RJK of EstoniaKGB of Latvian SSR/ LPSRValsts droības komiteja(VDK)KGB of Lithuanian SSR / VSK of LithuaniaKGB of Georgian SSR/ KSU of GeorgiaKGB of Armenian SSRKGB of Azerbaijan SSR/ DTK of AzerbaijanKGB of Kazakh SSRKGB of Kyrgyz SSRKGB of Uzbek SSRKGB of Turkmen SSRKGB of Tajik SSRKGB of Russian SFSR (created in 1991; seeFederal Security Service)