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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 The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...
, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The position dates to the period of the
Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
. The current Chief of the General Staff is
Army General Army general is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System.　 In countries that adopt the general officer four rank system, it is rank of general commanding an army in the field, but in coun ...
Valery Gerasimov Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Валерий Васильевич Герасимов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian army general serving as the Chief of the General S ...
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List of chiefs of the general staff

† denotes people who died in office.


Imperial Russian Army (1812–1917)

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Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (1917–1918)

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Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921)

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Red Army (1921–1946)

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Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1991)


Russian Armed Forces (1992–present)


Notes


See also

*
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Главнокомандующие Сухопутными войсками России) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Ground Forces. He is appointed by the Presiden ...
* Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces *
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (Russian: Главнокомандующий ВМФ) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Navy. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The position dates to the period of the Russian Em ...


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 Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a n ...
, 2004 (for Soviet era list of CGSs).


External links


Official Russian Ministry of Defense website
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