Simon Aralov21 October 1918
Appointed as the first Head of the Registration Directorate, later to be known as the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
Russia · Politics / Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed as the first Head of the Registration Directorate, later to be known as the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
The predecessr of the GRU is created under the sponsorship of Leon Trotsky, who was then the civilian leader of the Red Army; it was originally known as the Registration Directorate. Given the task of handling all military intelligence, particularly the collection of intelligence of military or political significance from sources outside the Soviet Union
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