Activities of Soviet foreign military intelligence during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)

The article is devoted to the activities of Soviet foreign military intelligence during the Great Patriotic war. The author examines the exploits of the scouts in the struggle against Nazi Germany and the countries under its control. The paper analyzes the structure of the intelligence agencies working behind enemy lines, determines the tasks assigned to the intelligence and the results of their implementation, and estimates the contribution to the victory in the war and the importance of intelligence operations in the overall picture of events. This topic is relevant today, when secret archives are disclosed and their contents become public, people learn more and more names of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. It is very important to keep the memory of their exploits in the memory of Russian youth, thus cultivating respect for our history in them countries.