Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921)

No. Portrait Chief of the All-Russian Main Staff Took office Left office Time in office Defence branch 1 Stogov, NikolaiLieutenant General Nikolai Stogov (1873–1959) 8 May 1918 2 August 1919 1 year, 86 days Red Army 2 Svechin, Alexander AndreyevichMajor General Alexander Svechin (1878–1938) 2 August 1919 22 October 1919 81 days Red Army 3 Rattel, NikolayMajor General Nikolay Rattel (1875–1939) 22 October 1919 10 February 1921 1 year, 111 days Red Army

No. Portrait Chief of the Field Staff Took office Left office Time in office Defence branch 1 Rattel, NikolayMajor General Nikolay Rattel (1875–1939) 6 September 1918 21 October 1918 45 days Red Army 2 Kostyayev, FyodorMajor General Fyodor Kostyayev (1878–1925) 21 October 1918 18 June 1919 240 days Red Army 3 Bonch-Bruyevich, Mikhail DmitriyevichMajor General Mihail Bonch-Bruyevich (1870–1956) 18 June 1919 22 July 1919 34 days Red Army 4 Lebedev, PavelMajor General Pavel Lebedev (1872–1933) 22 July 1919 10 February 1921 1 year, 203 days Red Army

Red Army (1921–1946)

Chief of the Staff

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Lebedev, PavelMajor General Pavel Lebedev (1872–1933)	10 February 1921	April 1924	3 years, 1 month	Red Army
2		Frunze, MikhailMajor General Mikhail Frunze (1885–1925)	April 1924	January 1925	9 months	Red Army
3		Kamenev, SergeiKomandarm 1st rank Sergei Kamenev (1881–1936)	January 1925	November 1925	10 months	Red Army
4		Tukhachevsky, MikhailMarshal of the Soviet Union Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893–1937)	November 1925	May 1928	2 years, 6 months	Red Army
5		Shaposhnikov, BorisKomandarm 1st rank Boris Shaposhnikov (1882–1945)	May 1928	April 1931	2 years, 11 months	Red Army
6		Triandafillov, VladimirGeneral Vladimir Triandafillov (1894–1931) [lower-alpha 1]	May 1931	12 July 1931 †	2 months	Red Army
7		Yegorov, AlexanderMarshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Yegorov (1883–1939)	July 1931	September 1935	4 years, 2 months	Red Army

Chief of the General Staff

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Yegorov, AlexanderMarshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Yegorov (1883–1939)	September 1935	10 May 1937	1 year, 8 months	Red Army
2		Shaposhnikov, BorisMarshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov (1882–1945)	10 May 1937	August 1940	3 years, 2 months	Red Army
3		Shaposhnikov, BorisArmy General Kirill Meretskov (1897–1968)	August 1940	January 1941	5 months	Red Army
4		Zhukov, GeorgyArmy General Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974)	February 1941	29 July 1941	5 months	Red Army
(2)		Shaposhnikov, BorisMarshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov (1882–1945)	29 July 1941	11 May 1942	286 days	Red Army
5		Vasilevsky, AleksandrMarshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977)	26 June 1942	February 1945	2 years, 7 months	Red Army
6		Antonov, AlekseiArmy General Aleksei Antonov (1896–1962)	February 1945	22 March 1946	1 year, 1 month	Red Army

Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1991)

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Vasilevsky, AleksandrMarshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977)	22 March 1946	November 1948	2 years, 7 months	Soviet Army
2		Shtemenko, SergeiArmy General Sergei Shtemenko (1907–1976)	November 1948	June 1952	3 years, 7 months	Soviet Army
3		Sokolovsky, VasilyMarshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Sokolovsky (1897–1968)	June 1952	April 1960	7 years, 10 months	Soviet Army
4		Zakharov, MatveiMarshal of the Soviet Union Matvei Zakharov (1898–1972)	April 1960	March 1963	2 years, 11 months	Soviet Army
5		Biryuzov, SergeyMarshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Biryuzov (1904–1964) [lower-alpha 1]	March 1963	19 October 1964 †	1 year, 7 months	Soviet Army
(4)		Zakharov, MatveiMarshal of the Soviet Union Matvei Zakharov (1898–1972)	November 1964	September 1971	6 years, 9 months	Soviet Army
6		Kulikov, ViktorMarshal of the Soviet Union Viktor Kulikov (1921–2013)	September 1971	7 January 1977	5 years, 4 months	Soviet Army
7		Ogarkov, NikolaiMarshal of the Soviet Union Nikolai Ogarkov (1917–1994) [1]	7 January 1977	6 September 1984	7 years, 238 days	Soviet Army
8		Akhromeyev, SergeyMarshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Akhromeyev (1923–1991) [1]	6 September 1984	2 November 1988	4 years, 62 days	Soviet Army
9		Moiseev, MikhailColonel General Army General Mikhail Moiseev (1939–2022)	December 1988	23 August 1991	2 years, 8 months	Soviet Army
10		Lobov, VladimirArmy General Vladimir Lobov (born 1935)	25 August 1991	25 December 1991	122 days	Soviet Army

Russian Armed Forces (1992–present)

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Dubynin, ViktorArmy General Viktor Dubynin (1943–1992)	10 June 1992	22 November 1992 †	165 days	Russian Ground Forces
2		Kolesnikov, MikhailArmy General Mikhail Kolesnikov (1939–2007)	22 November 1992	18 October 1996	3 years, 331 days	Russian Ground Forces
3		Samsonov, ViktorArmy General Viktor Samsonov (born 1941)	18 October 1996	22 May 1997	216 days	Russian Ground Forces
4		Kvashnin, AnatolyArmy General Anatoly Kvashnin (1946–2022)	22 May 1997	19 July 2004	7 years, 58 days	Russian Ground Forces
5		Baluyevsky, YuriArmy General Yuri Baluyevsky (born 1947)	19 July 2004	3 June 2008	3 years, 320 days	Russian Ground Forces
6		Makarov, NikolaiArmy General Nikolai Makarov (born 1949)	3 June 2008	9 November 2012	4 years, 159 days	Russian Ground Forces
7		Gerasimov, ValeryArmy General Valery Gerasimov (born 1955)	9 November 2012	Incumbent	11 years, 158 days	Russian Ground Forces

Notes

See also

• Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces
• Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces
• Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy
• Cheget

References

Further reading

• V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004 (for Soviet era list of CGSs).

External links

• Official Russian Ministry of Defense website