Soviet GRU

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:GRU
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1991
gptkbp:emblem GRU emblem
gptkbp:formed 1918
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet GRU
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan
gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkbp:motto "Only the stars are higher"
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Главное_разведывательное_управление
gptkbp:notableAgent gptkb:Kim_Philby
gptkb:Rudolf_Abel
gptkb:Oleg_Penkovsky
gptkb:Richard_Sorge
gptkb:George_Koval
gptkbp:notableDefector gptkb:Oleg_Penkovsky
gptkb:Stanislav_Lunev
gptkb:Viktor_Suvorov
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Ivan_Serov
gptkb:Pyotr_Ivashutin
gptkb:Fedor_Ladygin
gptkb:Pavel_Fitin
gptkbp:notableOperation espionage in the United States
espionage in the United Kingdom
support of communist movements
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Main_Intelligence_Directorate
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:General_Staff_of_the_Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Registration_Directorate
gptkbp:primaryUse military intelligence
signals intelligence
human intelligence
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Russian_GRU
gptkb:KGB
gptkb:Soviet_Ministry_of_Defense
gptkbp:rival gptkb:KGB
gptkb:Soviet_MGB
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Russian_GRU
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Allied_intelligence
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5