Intelligence Directorate of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy () is one of the intelligence services in Russia, created as the Intelligence department of the Soviet navy in 1938, although it has earlier roots.Белозер Виталий Николаевич. Военно-морская разведка России: история создания, становления и развития : 1696–1917 : диссертация ... кандидата исторических наук : 07.00.02 / Белозер Виталий Николаевич; [Место защиты: Ин-т воен. истории МО РФ].- Москва, 2008
On February 16, 1938, by order of the People's Commissar of the Navy of the USSR, all matters of naval intelligence were transferred to the newly created Intelligence Department of the People's Commissariat of the Navy.
History The history of the creation of the Russian Navy intelligence dates back to the end of the 19th century, but was part of Military Intelligence. The Navy's independent intelligence service was established on February 16, 1938, as the NKVMF intelligence department.
Commanders The head of the Russian Navy's Intelligence Directorate, a Vice Admiral, also serves as Deputy Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff. The director has a full-time deputy of rear admiral rank and manages all the forces and means of operational and agents intelligence of the fleet. NameStart termend termUSSR Naval IntelligenceAleksandr YakimichevCaptain Yakimichev, Alexander Mikhailovich, served as the Soviet Assistant Naval Attaché in the United States. Source: FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SOVIET UNION, 1933–1939, history.state.gov.January 1938March 1938Nikolay ZuikovMarch 1938September 1941Mikhail VorontsovServed as the Soviet naval attaché in Germany, see Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front by Constantine PleshakovSeptember 1941April 1945Aleksandr RumyantsevApril 1945August 1946Nikolay Tishkin 1946 1950Leonid BekrenevSent to Spanish Armada as intelligence expert, See: Stalin's Agent: The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov by Boris VolodarskyServed as naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy in the United StatesThe KGB's Poison Factory: From Lenin to Litvinenko by Boris VolodarskyCreated the Naval Sabotage unit: Rear Admiral Leonid Konstantinovich Bekrenev, chief of intelligence of the Navy, in his address to the naval minister wrote: "... given the role of reconnaissance and sabotage units in the overall fleet reconnaissance system, I consider it necessary to carry out the following activities: ... create ... reconnaissance and sabotage units of military intelligence, giving them the name of individual naval reconnaissance divisions ..."April 1950May 1953Boris BobkovВерюжский Н. А. Офицерская служба. Часть 6., Боец невидимого фронта. Газета «Весть», 13 марта 2015 г.May 1953May 1965Yuriy IvanovYury Ivanov-class intelligence ship named after him19651978Ivan Khursone of the Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship us named after him19781987Yuriy Kviatkovskiy19871992Russian Naval IntelligenceVladlen Smirnov19921995Vladimir Fedorov19952003Dmitriy Dmitriev20032009Aleksandr Shtukaturov20092018Oleg Apishev2018-
See also Main Directorate of the Main staff (Russian Armed Forces Intelligence) Office of Naval Intelligence Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)
References
Further reading Soviet Naval Special Purpose Forces: Origins and Operations in World War II, James F. Gebhardt ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SOVIET ARMY STUDIES OFFICE – DEC 1989 – ADA231902 Белозер Виталий Николаевич. Военно-морская разведка России: история создания, становления и развития : 1696–1917 : диссертация ... кандидата исторических наук : 07.00.02 / Белозер Виталий Николаевич; [Место защиты: Ин-т воен. истории МО РФ].- Москва, 2008 Колпакиди А.И., Прохоров Д.П., Империя ГРУ. Очерки истории российской военной разведки. – М.: ОЛМА-ПРЕСС, 1999 Алексеев М.А., Колпакиди А.И., Кочик В.Я. Энциклопедия военной разведки. 1918–1945 гг. М., 2012 «ГРУ: дела и люди». — СПб: Издательский Дом «Нева»; М.: «ОЛМА-ПРЕСС», 2003. — 640с. И.И. Барсуков, В.М. Йолтуховский, А.Б. Кондрашов, «Адмиралы и генералы Военно-морского флота. Руководители структур политической и воспитательной работы. Биографические хроники (1917—2013)», М. издательство = «Кучково поле», 2014.