Intelligence Directorate of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy

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]

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; 86 years ago (1938-02-16)
Preceding agency	Maritime service of the Red Army Registration Service
Jurisdiction	Russian Federation
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Agency executive	Oleg Apishev, Commander
Parent agency	Russian Navy
Child agency	Russian commando frogmen

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.

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

• Main Directorate of the Main staff (Russian Armed Forces Intelligence)
• Office of Naval Intelligence
• Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)

References

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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
4. Sent to Spanish Armada as intelligence expert, See: Stalin's Agent: The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov by Boris Volodarsky
5. Served as naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy in the United States
6. The KGB's Poison Factory: From Lenin to Litvinenko by Boris Volodarsky
7. 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 ..."
8. Верюжский Н. А. Офицерская служба. Часть 6., Боец невидимого фронта. Газета «Весть», 13 марта 2015 г.
9. Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship named after him
10. one of the Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship us named after him

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; [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