''Intelligence Directorate of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy'' ( rus, 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.
[Белозер Виталий Николаевич. Военно-морская разведка России: история создания, становления и развития : 1696–1917 : диссертация ... кандидата исторических наук : 07.00.02 / Белозер Виталий Николаевич; есто защиты: Ин-т воен. истории МО РФ- Москва, 2008]
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
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
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.
References
See also
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Main Directorate of the Main staff
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Office of Naval Intelligence
The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) is the military intelligence agency of the United States Navy. Established in 1882 primarily to advance the Navy's modernization efforts, it is the oldest member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and serves ...
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Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)
The Naval Intelligence Division (NID) was created as a component part of the Admiralty War Staff in 1912. It was the intelligence arm of the British Admiralty before the establishment of a unified Defence Intelligence Staff in 1964. It dealt w ...
Further reading
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;
есто 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
Russian intelligence agencies
Russian Navy
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Naval intelligence