Spetsnaz GRU
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Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of t
A depiction of a Spetsnaz GRU training installation as published in Soviet Military Power, 1984
An Afghanka-wearing Soviet Spetsnaz team preparing for a mission at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan in 1988
3rd Spetsnaz Brigade on parade, 9 May 2011
370th SPD conducting special reconnaissance training (2017)
Spetsnaz
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Spetsnaz are special operations forces in the former Soviet Union and Russia. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the Main Intelligence Dir
Spetsnaz GRU
…Части и подразделения специального назначения Главного управления Генерального штаба Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации) is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Spetsnaz units are operationally commanded by the…
Russian Spetsnaz SSO snipers
F-111 escape capsule at Museum of Moscow Aviation Institute
Soviet special forces surround Tajbeg Palace following the operation.