Detection of criminal actions of German agents in Riga. 1915-1916 (according to the documents of the counterintelligence of the headquarters of the Northern Front)
The activity of German intelligence in the nearest Russian rear - in the southern part of Livonia with the administrative center in Riga is considered. Operating with primary sources not introduced into scientific circulation, the author comes to the conclusion that this city and its port, with the military and naval forces located there, was in the focus of long-term attention from the enemy's intelligence agencies. In the collection of military information, agent intelligence of the vanguard of the German army (tactical intelligence) and deep intelligence of the German War Department (strategic intelligence) took part. The conclusion is made about the complex systemic and structural organization of their activities.