Intelligence Directorate of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy
| Razvedyvatel'noje Upravlenije РУ ГШ ВМФ РФ Разведывательное Управление Главного штаба ВМФ России | |
 Russian Navy Emblem | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | February 16, 1938 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Jurisdiction | Russian Federation |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency |  Russian Navy |
| Child agency | |
Intelligence Directorate of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy (Russian: Разве́дывательное управле́ние Главного штаба ВМФ РФ) is one of the intelligence services in Russia, created as the Intelligence department of the Soviet navy in 1938, although it has earlier roots.[1]
On February 16, 1938, by order of the People's Commissar of the Navy of the USSR, all matters of naval intelligence were transferred to the newly created Intelligence Department of the People's Commissariat of the Navy.
History
[edit]The history of the creation of the Russian Navy intelligence dates back to the end of the 19th century, but was part of Military Intelligence. The Navy's independent intelligence service was established on February 16, 1938, as the NKVMF intelligence department.
Commanders
[edit]The head of the Russian Navy's Intelligence Directorate, a Vice Admiral, also serves as Deputy Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff. The director has a full-time deputy of rear admiral rank and manages all the forces and means of operational and agents intelligence of the fleet.
| Name | Start term | end term |
|---|---|---|
| USSR Naval Intelligence | ||
| Aleksandr Yakimichev[2] | January 1938 | March 1938 |
| Nikolay Zuikov | March 1938 | September 1941 |
| Mikhail Vorontsov[3] | September 1941 | April 1945 |
| Aleksandr Rumyantsev | April 1945 | August 1946 |
| Nikolay Tishkin | 1946 | 1950 |
| Leonid Bekrenev[4][5][6][7] | April 1950 | May 1953 |
| Boris Bobkov[8] | May 1953 | May 1965 |
| Yuriy Ivanov[9] | 1965 | 1978 |
| Ivan Khurs[10] | 1978 | 1987 |
| Yuriy Kviatkovskiy | 1987 | 1992 |
| Russian Naval Intelligence | ||
| Vladlen Smirnov | 1992 | 1995 |
| Vladimir Fedorov | 1995 | 2003 |
| Dmitriy Dmitriev | 2003 | 2009 |
| Aleksandr Shtukaturov | 2009 | 2018 |
| Oleg Apishev | 2018 | - |
See also
[edit]- Main Directorate of the Main staff
- Office of Naval Intelligence
- Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)
References
[edit]- ^ Белозер Виталий Николаевич. Военно-морская разведка России: история создания, становления и развития : 1696–1917 : диссертация ... кандидата исторических наук : 07.00.02 / Белозер Виталий Николаевич; [Место защиты: Ин-т воен. истории МО РФ].- Москва, 2008
- ^ Captain Yakimichev, Alexander Mikhailovich, served as the Soviet Assistant Naval Attaché in the United States. Source: FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SOVIET UNION, 1933–1939, history.state.gov.
- ^ Served as the Soviet naval attaché in Germany, see Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front by Constantine Pleshakov
- ^ Sent to Spanish Armada as intelligence expert, See: Stalin's Agent: The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov by Boris Volodarsky
- ^ Served as naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy in the United States
- ^ The KGB's Poison Factory: From Lenin to Litvinenko by Boris Volodarsky
- ^ Created the Naval Sabotage unit: Rear Admiral Leonid Konstantinovich Bekrenev, chief of intelligence of the Navy, in his address to the naval minister wrote: "... given the role of reconnaissance and sabotage units in the overall fleet reconnaissance system, I consider it necessary to carry out the following activities: ... create ... reconnaissance and sabotage units of military intelligence, giving them the name of individual naval reconnaissance divisions ..."
- ^ Верюжский Н. А. Офицерская служба. Часть 6., Боец невидимого фронта. Газета «Весть», 13 марта 2015 г.
- ^ Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship named after him
- ^ one of the Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship us named after him
Further reading
[edit]- Soviet Naval Special Purpose Forces: Origins and Operations in World War II, James F. Gebhardt ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SOVIET ARMY STUDIES OFFICE – DEC 1989 – ADA231902
- Белозер Виталий Николаевич. Военно-морская разведка России: история создания, становления и развития : 1696–1917 : диссертация ... кандидата исторических наук : 07.00.02 / Белозер Виталий Николаевич; [Место защиты: Ин-т воен. истории МО РФ].- Москва, 2008
- Колпакиди А.И., Прохоров Д.П., Империя ГРУ. Очерки истории российской военной разведки. – М.: ОЛМА-ПРЕСС, 1999
- Алексеев М.А., Колпакиди А.И., Кочик В.Я. Энциклопедия военной разведки. 1918–1945 гг. М., 2012
- «ГРУ: дела и люди». — СПб: Издательский Дом «Нева»; М.: «ОЛМА-ПРЕСС», 2003. — 640с.
- И.И. Барсуков, В.М. Йолтуховский, А.Б. Кондрашов, «Адмиралы и генералы Военно-морского флота. Руководители структур политической и воспитательной работы. Биографические хроники (1917—2013)», М. издательство = «Кучково поле», 2014. ISBN 978-5-9950-0408-0