GRU (Soviet Union)
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This article is about the Soviet GRU. For the Russian GRU, see GRU (Russian Federation).
Main Intelligence Directorate (Russian: Главное разведывательное управление, romanized: Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye, IPA: [ˈglavnəjə rɐzˈvʲɛdɨvətʲɪlʲnəjə ʊprɐˈvlʲenʲɪjə]), abbreviated GRU (Russian: ГРУ, IPA: [ɡɨ̞‿rɨ̞‿ˈu], [gru]), was the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces until 1991. For a few months it was also the foreign military intelligence agency of the newly established Russian Federation until 7 May 1992 when it was dissolved and the Russian GRU took over its activities.
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Glavnoje Razvedyvatel'noje Upravlenije ГРУ СССР Главное разведывательное управление | |
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Formed | 5 November 1918 as Registration Agency; GRU since 1942 |
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Dissolved | 7 May 1992 |
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Headquarters | Moscow |
Employees | Classified |
Annual budget | Classified |
Parent agency | Ministry of Defense |
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