GRU (Soviet Union)
| Glavnoje Razvedyvatel'noje Upravlenije ГРУ СССР Главное разведывательное управление | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 5 November 1918 as Registration Agency; GRU since 1942 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Dissolved | 7 May 1992 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction |
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| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Defense |
| Child agencies | |
Main Intelligence Directorate (Russian: Главное разведывательное управление, romanized: Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye, IPA: [ˈglavnəjə rɐzˈvʲɛdɨvətʲɪlʲnəjə ʊprɐˈvlʲenʲɪjə]), abbreviated GRU (Russian: ГРУ, IPA: [ɡɨ̞‿rɨ̞‿ˈu], [gru]), was the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces until 1991. For a few months it was also the foreign military intelligence agency of the newly established Russian Federation until 7 May 1992 when it was dissolved and the Russian GRU took over its activities.