Heads of Intelligence
| INO/INU/FCD Head | Service | 1920 – 1991 |
|---|---|---|
| Yakov Davydov | foreign department of Cheka | 1920 – 1921 |
| Solomon Mogilevsky | foreign department of Cheka | 1921 – ? |
| Mikhail Trilisser | foreign department of GPU/OGPU | 1921 – 1930 |
| Artur Artuzov | foreign department of OGPU/GUGB-NKVD | 1930 – 1936 |
| Abram Slutsky | 7th Department of GUGB-NKVD | 1936 – 1938 |
| Zelman Passov | 5th Department of NKVD 1st Directorate (UGB) | 1938 June–September |
| acting Sergey Spigelglas | 5th Department of GUGB-NKVD | 1938 – 6 of November 1938 |
| Pavel Sudoplatov | 5th Department of GUGB-NKVD | 6 of November 1938 – 1938 |
| Vladimir Dekanozov | 5th Department of GUGB-NKVD | 28 of November 1938 – 1939 |
| Pavel Fitin | 5th Department of GUGB-NKVD/ 1st Directorate of NKVD/NKGB/MGB | 1939 – 1946 |
| Pyotr Kubatkin | 1st Directorate of MGB | 1946 |
| Pyotr Fedotov | 1st Directorate of MGB/Committee of Information | 1946 – 1949 |
| Sergey Savchenko | Committee of Information | 1949 – 1951 |
| Yevgeny Pitovranov | 1st Chief Directorate of MGB | 1952 – 1953 |
| Vasili Ryasnoy | 2nd Chief Directorate of the MVD | 1953 |
| Alexander Panyushkin | 2nd Chief Directorate of the MVD/1st Chief Directorate of KGB | 1953 – 1955 |
| Aleksandr Sakharovsky | 1st Chief Directorate of KGB | 1956 – 1971 |
| Fyodor Mortin | 1st Chief Directorate of KGB | 1971 – 1974 |
| Vladimir Kryuchkov | 1st Chief Directorate of KGB | 1974 – 1988 |
| Leonid Shebarshin | 1st Chief Directorate of KGB | 1988 – 1991 |
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