GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR

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The GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR was the Soviet Union’s primary military foreign intelligence agency, responsible for espionage, reconnaissance, and strategic intelligence gathering worldwide.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
intelligence service ⓘ
military intelligence agency ⓘ
collaboratedWith KGB ⓘ
controlled Soviet military special forces for strategic reconnaissance ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
distinctFrom KGB ⓘ
field foreign intelligence ⓘ
human intelligence ⓘ
military intelligence ⓘ
military reconnaissance ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
strategic intelligence ⓘ
focus NATO military capabilities ⓘ
foreign military-industrial complexes ⓘ
foreign weapons systems ⓘ
military, political, and technological intelligence ⓘ
headquartersLocation Moscow ⓘ
jurisdiction Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces
language Russian ⓘ
nativeName Главное разведывательное управление Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил СССР ⓘ
notableFor conducting clandestine operations abroad ⓘ
operating illegal resident spy networks ⓘ
running military attaché networks ⓘ
operatedIn Soviet Union ⓘ
opposedBy Western intelligence agencies ⓘ
oversaw Spetsnaz GRU ⓘ
parentOrganization General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces
primaryObjective provide strategic warning of military threats to the USSR ⓘ
support Soviet foreign and defense policy with intelligence ⓘ
responsibleFor espionage abroad ⓘ
intelligence support to the Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
military foreign intelligence collection ⓘ
strategic reconnaissance ⓘ
supporting Soviet military planning with intelligence ⓘ
scope global intelligence gathering ⓘ
worldwide operations ⓘ
shortName GRU ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Defence of the USSR ⓘ
successor Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedMethod covert operations ⓘ
human agent recruitment ⓘ
military reconnaissance units ⓘ
signals interception ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) → alsoKnownAs → GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
Main Directorate of Communications → subordinateTo → General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Main Intelligence Directorate → alsoKnownAs → GRU GSh ⓘ
linked to: GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Main Directorate → alsoKnownAs → GU of the General Staff ⓘ
linked to: GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR