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

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government agency intelligence service military intelligence agency

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR canonical	1
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ intelligence service ⓘ military intelligence agency ⓘ
collaboratedWith	KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlled	Soviet military special forces for strategic reconnaissance ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
distinctFrom	KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
nativeName	Главное разведывательное управление Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил СССР NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	conducting clandestine operations abroad ⓘ operating illegal resident spy networks ⓘ running military attaché networks ⓘ
operatedIn	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Western intelligence agencies ⓘ
oversaw	Spetsnaz GRU NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Armed Forces of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo	Ministry of Defence of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
usedMethod	covert operations ⓘ human agent recruitment ⓘ military reconnaissance units ⓘ signals interception ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union