When is the Day of Scout celebrated in our country?

November 5 - Day of the military intelligence officer, perhaps, one of the most mysterious professions on Earth. The history of this holiday in our country originates in 2000. In Russia, the order of the Russian Defense Minister has marked the day of the scout since that date, the number and month were recorded later, in 2006, by presidential decree.

Why November 5?

The date when they celebrate the Day of the Scout in Russia is not accidental. This day is dated the secret order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the RSFSR, which included in the staff of the Field Staff the Registration Department - at that time the first main organ of military intelligence intelligence and counterintelligence of the Russian Republic. The formation of this particular structure can be considered the beginning of the emergence of Soviet, and later, Russian intelligence.

A bit of history

The need for valuable information, which gives certain advantages in a given case, has always existed, especially if it concerns the state advantage or the predominance in military operations. Intelligence activity gives the leadership of the state a noticeable preponderance and begins its existence hardly before such a form of interaction between people as war has appeared. Merchants, ambassadors and messengers, as well as residents of border regions, often became collectors of particularly important information in ancient times. Much later, legislative and legal bases were laid and entire structures began to appear that became prototypes of the modern intelligence service. An example is the Order of Secret Affairs of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. According to this Order, special people carried out various assignments at the behest of the Tsar, for example, they watched ambassadors on foreign trips or carried out investigations on matters of national importance.

At the moment, the Supreme Intelligence Directorate, or the GRU for short, became a full-fledged successor to the Regrep created in 1918. Since its inception, the management has undergone several reorganizations. Today the GRU is a unified system that extensively covers all known methods of conducting reconnaissance both within Russia and beyond its territories. The role of the GRU can not be overestimated, because military intelligence makes a tangible contribution to the preservation of the state. It is not surprising that, with all the efficiency of this service, little is known, because the data it possesses are of national importance and often play a decisive role in making decisions about the country's security.

What kind of people are they?

As the "eyes and ears" of the army, the scouts of our country receive and analyze the military and political information emerging around Russia, make forecasts of the development of events and in time report to the highest authorities on the real and possible threats that affect the interests of the Russian Federation. Every day with a risk to life and often at the limit of opportunities scouts carry their quiet service. Unfortunately, the country, most likely, will never find out the majority of its heroes who, with high patriotism and dedication, serve their lives by placing the interests of the Fatherland above their own. But such is the payment for the highest secrecy of the extracted information, and therefore they are worthy of their own professional holiday, and it is called the Day of the Scout. These people include the personnel of the units of the Main Intelligence Agency (GRU), soldiers of the urgent and contract service, officers of the junior and commanding officers, heads of the General Staff.

Famous scouts of the country

In the free access you can find information only about some outstanding scouts. In honor of the holiday - Day of the scout - it will be right to remember about them and their great deeds.

Richard Sorge - disclosed Germany's plans to attack the Soviet Union, as warned by senior management, but he was not credited.

Jan Chernyak - organized one of the best agent networks during the Great Patriotic War, which managed to obtain a large amount of valuable information about the plans of the enemy.

Arthur Adams - during the war, extracted and ferried materials relating to the atomic project of America.

Georges Koval - as an employee of the nuclear center in America, extracted all the exhaustive information on the development of the atomic bomb.

Ivan Kolos - participant of multiple operations in the German and Polish rear during the Great Patriotic War. Member of the Berlin operation.

Maria Polyakova - during the operation in Switzerland, she obtained information about the "Oerlikon" gun, which was used by the Germans. Was preparing to carry out special operations in the event of the capture of Moscow. She trained new scouts, organized intelligence reconnaissance.

Belief Voloshin - along with Zoya Kosmodemyanskoy participated in the operation in the rear of the enemy. I ambushed and was executed. Was a model for the famous sculpture "girl with a paddle."

How to celebrate Scout Day

This holiday is considered not only by servicemen, but also by cadets, professors of the profile universities of the Ministry of Defense. Despite the long history of intelligence, celebrating the Day of the scout in Russia, the ministers of this profession have become quite recently. In connection with the specifics, it is necessary to serve secretly, and even relatives and friends do not always know what a person actually does. Therefore, military intelligence officers often celebrate the Day of the scout with his colleagues quietly and modestly. But, despite this, this profession is very respected and worthy of admiration. And like all the mysterious, of course, there is a tendency to romanticise this profession, but we should not forget that first and foremost military intelligence officers are serious, versatile people of high self-control and spirit strength, deeply patriotic and almost every day ready to risk their lives for the sake of security Homeland.