THE COSTS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE ORGANIZATION OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1907-1914)

At the age of the World War I Russian government faced problems of reorganization and organizations of their intelligent forces on the fleet. Naval general staff required huge investments for organization and training of agents who are able to work abroad, from the government. There were considered the attitude of the naval ministry and the financial ministry to the forming naval intelligence. The problem of financing of naval intelligence was studied from the formation of the Naval Head quarter before the World War I. Using unpublished documents from archives and modern researches, the estimation of the allowance organization of intelligence activities in the Russian Navy in preparation for war was given for the first time. They were analyzed the reasons of poor funding’s intelligence services in Navy at the edge of World War I. Statistical data for comparison of financing military and naval intelligence services in the period from 1905 to 1909 is given. The data of the material, which was used, allowed concluding on the role of financial factors to work the naval agents abroad and the quality of extracted information.

Russian Empire, World War I, secret expenses, Naval General Staff, naval intelligence