"GRU" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Russian ГРУ (GRU), through phonetic spelling of Гла́вное Разве́дывательное Управле́ние (Glávnoje Razvédyvatelʹnoje Upravlénije) and acronymizing. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|ГРУ}} Russian ГРУ (GRU) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GRU
  1. The Main Intelligence Directorate — the Soviet and then the Russian military intelligence agency. Wikipedia link: GRU Related terms: FSB, KGB, NKVD, SVR Translations (Soviet and Russian GRU): GRU [neuter] (Polish), ГРУ (GRU) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-GRU-en-name-ACZtjs25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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