Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)
Chief of the General Staff (Russia)
Highest ranking officer of the Russian Armed Forces
The Chief of the General Staff (Russian: Начальник Генерального штаба) is the head of the General Staff and the highest ranking officer of the Russian Armed Forces or is also the senior-most uniformed military officer. He is appointed by the President of Russia, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The position dates to the period of the Russian Empire. The current Chief of the General Staff is Army General Valery Gerasimov.
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Chief of the General Staff | |
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Начальник Генерального штаба (Russian) | |
General Staff of the Armed Forces | |
Type | Chief of staff |
Member of | |
Reports to | Minister of Defence of Russia President of Russia (sometimes) |
Seat | General Staff Building, Znamenka 14/1, Moscow |
Appointer | President of Russia |
Formation | 9 August 1812 (historical) 10 June 1992 (current) |
First holder | General-Adjutant Pavel Gavrilovich Gagarin [ru] |
Deputy | First Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
Website | www.mil.ru |
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Imperial Russian Army (1812–1917)
Director of the Inspection Department of the Ministry of War
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No. | Portrait | Director of the Inspection Department of the Ministry of War | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Gagarin, PavelGeneral-Adjutant Pavel Gavrilovich Gagarin [ru] (1777–1850) | 9 August 1812 | 13 December 1814 | 2 years, 126 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
2 | Kleinmikhel, AndreyLieutenant General Andrey Kleinmikhel [ru] (1757–1815) | 13 December 1814 | 25 June 1815 | 194 days | Imperial Russian Army |
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Chief of the Main Staff
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No. | Portrait | Chief of the Main Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Geyden, FyodorLieutenant General Fyodor Geyden (1821–1900) | 1 January 1866 | 22 May 1881 | 15 years, 141 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
2 | Obruchev, NikolaiLieutenant General General of the Infantry Nikolai Obruchev (1830–1904) | 10 June 1881 | 31 December 1897 | 16 years, 204 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
3 | Sakharov, ViktorLieutenant General Viktor Sakharov (1848–1905) | 20 January 1898 | 11 March 1904 | 6 years, 51 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
4 | Frolov, PyotrLieutenant General Pyotr A. Frolov [ru] (1852–?) | 11 March 1904 | 28 June 1905 | 1 year, 109 days | Imperial Russian Army |
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Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff
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No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Palitsyn, FyodorGeneral of the Cavalry Fyodor Palitsyn (1851–1923) | 28 June 1905 | 2 December 1908 | 157 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
2 | Sukhomlinov, VladimirGeneral of the Cavalry Vladimir Sukhomlinov (1848–1926) | 2 December 1908 | 11 March 1909 | 99 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
3 | Myshlayevsky, AlexanderGeneral of the Infantry Alexander Myshlayevsky (1856–1920) | 11 March 1909 | September 1909 | 5 months | Imperial Russian Army | |
4 | Gerngross, EvgenyLieutenant General Evgeny Gerngross [ru] (1855–1912) | September 1909 | 22 February 1911 | 1 year, 5 months | Imperial Russian Army | |
5 | Zhilinskiy, YakovGeneral of the Cavalry Yakov Zhilinsky (1853–1918) | 22 February 1911 | 4 March 1914 | 3 years, 10 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
6 | Yanushkevich, NikolaiMajor General Nikolai Yanushkevich (1868–1918) | 5 March 1914 | 1 August 1914 | 149 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
7 | Belyaev, MikhailMajor General Mikhail Belyaev (1863–1918) | 1 August 1914 | 10 August 1916 | 2 years, 9 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
8 | Averyanov, PyotrLieutenant General Pyotr Averyanov [ru] (1867–1937) | 10 August 1916 | 15 May 1917 | 278 days | Imperial Russian Army | |
9 | Romanovsky, IvanLieutenant General Ivan Romanovsky (1877–1920) | 18 July 1917 | 26 September 1917 | 134 days | Russian Army (1917) | |
10 | Marushevsky, VladimirMajor General Vladimir Marushevsky (1874–1952) | 26 September 1917 | 23 November 1917 | 58 days | Russian Army (1917) |
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Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (1917–1918)
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No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Potapov, NikolayMajor General Nikolay Potapov (1871–1946) | 23 November 1917 | 8 May 1918 | 166 days | Red Army |
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Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921)
Red Army (1921–1946)Chief of the Staff
Chief of the General Staff
Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1991)
Russian Armed Forces (1992–present)
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