Main Directorate for Reconnaissance

foreign intelligence service of the German Democratic Republic (1955–1990)
Organization intelligence_agency Q144740
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Main Directorate for Reconnaissance

Summary

Main Directorate for Reconnaissance is an intelligence agency[1]. It draws 113 Wikipedia views per month (intelligence_agency category, ranking #40 of 133).[2]

Key Facts

  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance is in the country of German Democratic Republic[3].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[4].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's headquarters location is recorded as Pankow[5].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin-Mitte[6].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's headquarters location is recorded as Lichtenberg[7].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157549099[8].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's GND ID is recorded as 4284385-6[9].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr92021610[10].
  • +1955-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Main Directorate for Reconnaissance[11].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance was dissolved in +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d4630[13].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministerium für Staatssicherheit[14].
  • Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's described at URL is recorded as http://www.ddr-wissen.de/wiki/ddr.pl?Hauptverwaltung_Aufkl%E4rung[15].

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Founding

+1955-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Main Directorate for Reconnaissance[11].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Pankow[5], a locality of Berlin[16], in Germany[17]; Berlin-Mitte[6], a locality of Berlin[18], in Germany[19]; and Lichtenberg[7], a locality of Berlin[20], in Germany[21]. Main Directorate for Reconnaissance's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministerium für Staatssicherheit[14].

Dissolution

Main Directorate for Reconnaissance was dissolved in +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].

Why It Matters

Main Directorate for Reconnaissance draws 113 Wikipedia views per month (intelligence_agency category, ranking #40 of 133).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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