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The GRU in its modern form was created by Stalin in February 1942, less than a year after the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. From April 1943 the GRU handled human intelligence exclusively outside the USSR. [3] [4]
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the last republic to adopt a state anthem, doing so in 1990. It had had none before this date, and used in its place the Soviet national anthem, which was "The Internationale" from 1917 to 1944 and the "National Anthem of the Soviet Union" from 1944 to 1990.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation adopted a new anthem, the Patriotic Song. [14] It was previously the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1990 until 1991 (until 1990 it used the State Anthem of the Soviet Union). Unlike most national anthems, it had no official lyrics ...
"Enthusiast's March" was a popular mass song of the Soviet Union that was first performed in the film "Светлый путь" (Shining Path) in 1940. Film soundtracks produced a significant part of popular Soviet/Russian songs of the time, as well as orchestral and experimental music.
The GRU was created under its current name and form by Joseph Stalin in February 1942, less than a year after the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. From April 1943 the GRU handled human intelligence exclusively outside the USSR.
Yan Chernyak (6 April 1909 – 19 February 1995) was a World War II era spy who led a network of several dozen people in Germany working for the Soviet Union's military intelligence, the GRU. He was nicknamed "man without a shadow" for his ability to move around undetected. [2]
Gru is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Despicable Me film series. ... GRU (Soviet Union), Soviet military intelligence service; Spetsnaz GRU, ...
Na polye tanki grokhotali (Russian: На поле танки грохотали, lit. 'Across the Field Tanks Thundered') is a Soviet military song, popularized by the 1968 film At War as at War (Russian: На войне как на войне, romanized: Na voyne, kak na voyne), [1] [2] about the crew of an SU-100 (SU-85 in the basic novel) tank destroyer.