Heads of Military Intelligence

(GRU), 1918–

• 1918–1919 Semen Aralov

• 1919 Sergei Gusev

• 1920 Georgi Pyatakov

• 1920 Vladimir Aussem

• 1920–1921 Yan Dentsman

• 1921–1924 Arvid Zeibot

• 1924–1935, 1937 Yan Berzin

• 1935–1937 Semen Uspenskiy

• 1937–1938 Sergei Gnendin

• 1938–1939 Aleksandr Orlov

• 1939–1940 Ivan Proskurov

• 1940–1941 Filipp Golikov

• 1941–1942 Andrei Panifilov

• 1942–1945 Ivan Ilichev

• 1945–1947 Fedor Kuznetsov

• 1947–1949 Nikolai Trusov

• 1949–1952 Matvei Zakharov

• 1952–1956 Mikhail Shalin

• 1956–1957 Sergei Shtemenko

• 1957–1958 Mikhail Shalin

• 1958–1963 Ivan Serov

• 1963–1986 Petr Ivashutin

• 1986–1991 Vladlen Mikhailov

• 1991–1992 Evegeni Timokhin

• 1992–1997 Fedor Ladygin

• 1997– Valentin Korabelnikov