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Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)

Foreign military intelligence agency of the Soviet Army (1918-1992)
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Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)

Summary

Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) is a military intelligence agency[1]. Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) draws 555 Wikipedia views per month (military_intelligence_agency category, ranking #6 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) is in the country of Soviet Union[3].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s instance of is recorded as military intelligence agency[4].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s instance of is recorded as foreign intelligence service[5].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s instance of is recorded as defunct organization[6].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s instance of is recorded as military unit[7].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s logo image is recorded as Red star.svg[8].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s followed by is recorded as GRU[9].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s followed by is recorded as Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine[10].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s followed by is recorded as Belarusian Special Operations Forces[11].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s headquarters location is recorded as Khoroshovskoye highway[12].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s GND ID is recorded as 2082723-4[13].
  • +1918-11-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)[14].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) was dissolved in +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s applies to jurisdiction is recorded as history of the Russian General Staff[16].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s replaced by is recorded as GRU[17].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/GRU[18].
  • Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc6sps5y[19].

Body

Founding

+1918-11-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)[14].

Identity

Successors include GRU[9], Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine[10], and Belarusian Special Operations Forces[11].

Operations

Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)'s headquarters location is recorded as Khoroshovskoye highway[12].

Dissolution

Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) was dissolved in +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) draws 555 Wikipedia views per month (military_intelligence_agency category, ranking #6 of 26).[2] Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union) is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Filipp Golikov

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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