Army General Valentin Vladimirovich Korabelnikov (in , b. January 4, 1946, in Tambov Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian general, best known for being director of GRU (Red Army military intelligence) for 12 years. Korabelnikov attended the Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-Aircraft Rocket School of Air Defense, from which he graduated in 1969, and subsequently graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1974 and the General Staff Academy in 1988.