Military Intelligence Officer's Day On November 5, 1918, in Petrograd, the Registration Department was established as part of the Field Headquarters of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviet Republic to coordinate the efforts of all intelligence agencies of the Red Army. After many name changes, in 1953 it was named the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (GRU USSR). This date is considered the Day of the Military Intelligence Officer. Successful and successful conduct of combat operations depends on intelligence that provides data on the number, location and other characteristics of the enemy. After the formation of the Red Army in January 1918, local intelligence work was carried out without coordination with the Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviet Republic. To eliminate this shortcoming, on November 5, 1918, when the RVSR field command staff was approved, the registration department was organized within it to streamline the work of the intelligence agencies of the Red Army, whose role was to coordinate the efforts of all the intelligence agencies of the Red Army. This is how Soviet military intelligence appeared, which after many names received the name of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. During the Civil War, the Soviet-Finnish War and the Great Patriotic War, as well as in the post-war period, Soviet military intelligence officers successfully performed the most complex tasks assigned to them in carrying out intelligence activities and agent sabotage. The names of workers such as Richard Zorha, Jan Cherniak, Anatoly Gurevich and many others became symbols of the effectiveness of Soviet military intelligence work.

Military Intelligence Officer's Day On November 5, 1918, in Petrograd, the Registration Department was established as part of the Field Headquarters of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviet Republic to coordinate the efforts of all intelligence agencies of the Red Army. After many name changes, in 1953 it was named the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (GRU USSR). This date is considered the Day of the Military Intelligence Officer. Successful and successful conduct of combat operations depends on intelligence that provides data on the number, location and other characteristics of the enemy. After the formation of the Red Army in January 1918, local intelligence work was carried out without coordination with the Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviet Republic. To eliminate this shortcoming, on November 5, 1918, when the RVSR field command staff was approved, the registration department was organized within it to streamline the work of the intelligence agencies of the Red Army, whose role was to coordinate the efforts of all the intelligence agencies of the Red Army. This is how Soviet military intelligence appeared, which after many names received the name of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. During the Civil War, the Soviet-Finnish War and the Great Patriotic War, as well as in the post-war period, Soviet military intelligence officers successfully performed the most complex tasks assigned to them in carrying out intelligence activities and agent sabotage. The names of workers such as Richard Zorha, Jan Cherniak, Anatoly Gurevich and many others became symbols of the effectiveness of Soviet military intelligence work.