Rosyjski wywiad wojskowy
RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the author’s view of the history and contemporary situation of the Russian military intelligence, widely known under the acronym of the GRU. The author presents the Russian military intelligence since the seizure of power by the Bolshevik Party under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin until modern times. The aim of the paper is to show its history, achievements and failures. Also Poles are a part of this history, those mentioned in the text, as well as others, such as Bronisław Owsianko, Mieczysław Łoganowski, Roman Łągwa or Karol Świerczewski. The second aim is to demystify the GRU whose history in Poland is known mainly from the books by the GRU defector, Viktor Suvorov (Rezun). Even the book by Pierre de Villemarest G.R.U. Le Plus Secret Des Services Sovietiques 1918-1988, published in Poland at the beginning of the 1990s, despite its defects and imperfections, have had no effect on the perception of the GRU in the right categories, in particular by journalists dealing with the issue.

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