the modern kyrgyzstani intelligence services were established in december 1917 as the all-russian extraordinary commission (cheka). a year later, the much more local pishpek district investigation commission was established. once the internal borders of the ussr were established in the early 1920s, the regional state political directorate of the kara-kyrgyz autonomous oblast was created, which was not an independent agency due to the oblast being part of the rsfsr. in the 50s, the committee for state security (kgb) was established in the then kyrgyz ssr, which encompassed all of what is modern kyrgyzstan. during its long existence, it acted as the republican affiliate for the national kgb agency. on 20 november 1991, kyrgyz president askar akayev signed a presidential decree establishing the state committee for national security (ukmk/gknb) on the basis of the kgb in kyrgyzstan.