Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)

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The Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) was the Soviet Union’s primary military foreign intelligence agency, responsible for espionage, reconnaissance, and strategic intelligence gathering for the armed forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
intelligence service ⓘ
military intelligence agency ⓘ
abbreviation GRU ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
controlledBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet government ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
distinctFrom Committee for State Security (KGB) ⓘ
Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) ⓘ
employer Soviet military attachés ⓘ
Soviet military intelligence officers ⓘ
Soviet special operations personnel ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
focus foreign armed forces ⓘ
military intelligence ⓘ
strategic capabilities of foreign states ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
jurisdiction Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
nativeName Главное разведывательное управление ⓘ
notableFor extensive global espionage network ⓘ
military-focused intelligence collection ⓘ
operatedDuring Soviet era ⓘ
opposedBy NATO intelligence services ⓘ
United States intelligence community ⓘ
Western intelligence agencies ⓘ
parentOrganization General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet High Command

Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces
partOf Soviet military establishment ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces
primaryRole espionage ⓘ
military foreign intelligence ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
strategic intelligence gathering ⓘ
responsibleFor conducting clandestine operations abroad ⓘ
coordinating military reconnaissance ⓘ
providing intelligence to Soviet military leadership ⓘ
supporting Soviet military planning ⓘ
supporting Soviet strategic decision-making ⓘ
scopeOfOperations foreign intelligence ⓘ
global ⓘ
subordinateTo General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet High Command
successor Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ⓘ
usedMethod covert operations ⓘ
human intelligence ⓘ
military attaché networks ⓘ
reconnaissance operations ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ

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Ministry of Defense of the USSR → hasPart → Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) ⓘ
Russian General Staff → hasDepartment → Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Wagner Group → allegedController → Russian military intelligence (GRU) ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
GRU → predecessor → Soviet GRU ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
GRU → successorTo → Main Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Russian intelligence community → includesAgency → Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Manfred Stern → employer → Soviet military intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Russian Wagner Group (supporting LNA) → associatedWith → Russian military intelligence (GRU) (alleged) ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) → nativeName → Главное разведывательное управление ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections → relatedTo → Russian military intelligence (GRU) ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Asbjørn Sunde → employer → Soviet military intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Lona Cohen → workedFor → Soviet military intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Morris Cohen → employer → Soviet military intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Morris Cohen → intelligenceService → Soviet military intelligence (GRU) ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Hungarian anti-fascist resistance → cooperatedWith → Soviet military intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Main Intelligence Directorate → nativeName → Главное разведывательное управление ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Main Directorate → alsoKnownAs → Russian military intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR → nativeName → Главное разведывательное управление Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил СССР ⓘ
linked to: Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)