Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU)

GPTKB entity

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 Military Intelligence (GRU)
gptkbp:motto	"Only the stars are higher"
gptkbp:notableDirector	gptkb:Ivan_Serov gptkb:Pyotr_Ivashutin gptkb:Filipp_Golikov gptkb:Fedor_Ladygin gptkb:Pavel_Fitin
gptkbp:notableOperation	recruitment of foreign agents support of Soviet military interventions infiltration of Western military and political organizations
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Main_Intelligence_Directorate
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Russian_Civil_War
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:primaryUse	espionage military intelligence signals intelligence special operations
gptkbp:rival	gptkb:SMERSH gptkb:KGB
gptkbp:subordinateUnit	gptkb:Ministry_of_Defense_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Main_Directorate_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_(GRU)
gptkbp:type	gptkb:government_agency gptkb:military_organization intelligence officer
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Walter_G._Krivitsky gptkb:Soviet_Army_(pre-1991)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7