Since 2000, Russia marks the Day of the military intelligence officer. The order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has established that they will annually celebrate this holiday on November 5th.
Day of military intelligence in Russia
This date is symbolic when the Dayintelligence appeared for the first time. The events of 1918 are a kind of reference in the history of the emergence of the celebration. It was on November 5 that the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces began operations. True, at that time it had a completely different name.
In the modern Russian state thisThe central body plays an extremely important role, performing a coordinating function and strengthening the strength and defense capability of the country. Separate state structure includes several types of paramilitary intelligence. We are talking about agent, strategic, economic, technical, space reconnaissance activities. The military intelligence service, often referred to as the activity of the GRU special forces (by the way, the holiday is often called the Special Forces Intelligence Day), became a separate subdivision only in November 1918, although it existed long enough under the Russian kings.
The history of the formation of intelligence
Long before when Intelligence Day wasdesignated in Petrograd, many centuries ago in Kievan Rus, this sphere of military affairs was considered one of the most important. Wanting to get any secret information, the authorities instructed messengers, ambassadors, involved merchants, local residents. Only at the end of the 17th century, military intelligence was framed as a separate type of activity.
Over time, intelligence mechanismspassed an incredible way of development and modernization. From the military charter of Peter I in 1716 to the present day, a great work was done in the development of this component of military affairs.
The most important and difficult test emergingThe military branch became the Second World War. During this difficult period, basic combat principles and traditions were established, which were useful to government agencies in post-war times. The experience gained by qualified specialists, at that difficult time, helped the leadership to make the right decisions in order to ensure state security.
Military intelligence today
By the time when Intelligence Day became an official holiday, in the process of the formation of this industry we can single out the following main achievements:
- a system of strategic military intelligence has been established;
- solved the main tasks facing the military departments of the country during the development of operational-tactical reconnaissance activities;
- a high level of conducting counterintelligence actions to neutralize spy agents has been achieved.
День разведки в России – праздник, который deserves special attention from the state. After all, the value of the intelligence business is almost impossible to overestimate. Being real “ears” and “eyes”, from which no important detail escapes, intelligence officers play a large role in the functioning of the defensive power apparatus.
Over the years of cultivationThe industry has accumulated invaluable experience of professionals of past years, which helps today's scouts to successfully carry out their tasks. Due to the development of modern technologies and high level of professional training, their work should be appreciated. Therefore, knowing when the Day of Intelligence is celebrated in Russia, you should definitely congratulate the representatives of this responsible difficult military craft on this holiday.
