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Chief of the General Staff (Russia)

Highest ranking officer of the Russian Armed Forces

Field	Value
post	Chief
body	the General Staff
native_name	ru
flag	Flag of Russia's Chief of Staff.svg
flagborder	yes
flagcaption	Ensign of the Chief of the General Staff
insignia	Emblem general staff russian armed forces.svg
insigniacaption	Emblem of the general staff
image	Valery Gerasimov official photo version 2022-10-03.jpg
incumbent	Army General Valery Gerasimov
incumbentsince	9 November 2012
type	Chief of staff
department	Flag of Russia's Chief of Staff.svg General Staff of the Armed Forces
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	General-Adjutant
deputy	First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
website

President of Russia (sometimes) 10 June 1992 (current)

The Chief of the General Staff () 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.

List of chiefs of the general staff

† denotes people who died in office.

Imperial Russian Army (1812–1917)

Director of the Inspection Department of the Ministry of War

Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Army

Chief of the Main Staff

Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Army General of the Infantry Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Army

Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff

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

Red Army

Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921)

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Red Army	order = 2	image = Svechin AA 1923.jpg	military_rank = Major General	officeholder = Alexander Svechin	officeholder_sort = Svechin, Alexander	born_year = 1878	died_year = 1938	term_start = 2 August 1919	term_end = 22 October 1919	1919	08	02	1919	10	22}}	75px]]
Red Army	order = 3	image = RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg	military_rank = Major General	officeholder = Nikolay Rattel	officeholder_sort = Rattel, Nikolay	born_year = 1875	died_year = 1939	term_start = 22 October 1919	term_end = 10 February 1921	1919	10	22	1921	02	10}}	75px]]
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Red Army	order = 2	image = KostyaevFV.jpg	military_rank = Major General	officeholder = Fyodor Kostyayev	officeholder_sort = Kostyayev, Fyodor	born_year = 1878	died_year = 1925	term_start = 21 October 1918	term_end = 18 June 1919	1918	10	21	1919	06	18}}	75px]]
Red Army	order = 3	image = Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich.jpg	military_rank = Major General	Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich]]	officeholder_sort = Bonch-Bruyevich, Mikhail	born_year = 1870	died_year = 1956	term_start = 18 June 1919	term_end = 22 July 1919	1919	06	18	1919	07	22}}	75px]]
Red Army	order = 4	image = LebedevPP.jpg	military_rank = Major General	Pavel Lebedev]]	officeholder_sort = Lebedev, Pavel	born_year = 1872	died_year = 1933	term_start = 22 July 1919	term_end = 10 February 1921	1919	07	22	1921	02	10}}	75px]]
Red Army

Red Army (1921–1946)

Chief of the Staff

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Chief of the General Staff

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Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1991)

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Russian Armed Forces (1992–present)

Russian Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces

Timeline

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Define $today =

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BarData = barset:PM

bar:Dubynin bar:Kolesnikov bar:Samsonov bar:Kvashnin bar:Baluyevsky bar:Makarov bar:Gerasimov

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bar:Dubynin from: 10/06/1992 till: 22/11/1992 color:red text:"Dubynin" fontsize:10 bar:Kolesnikov from: 22/11/1992 till: 18/10/1996 color:red text:"Kolesnikov" fontsize:10 bar:Samsonov from: 18/10/1996 till: 22/05/1997 color:red text:"Samsonov" fontsize:10 bar:Kvashnin from: 22/05/1997 till: 19/07/2004 color:red text:"Kvashnin" fontsize:10 bar:Baluyevsky from: 19/07/2004 till: 03/06/2008 color:red text:"Baluyevsky" fontsize:10 bar:Makarov from: 03/06/2008 till: 09/11/2012 color:red text:"Makarov" fontsize:10 bar:Gerasimov from: 09/11/2012 till: $today color:red text:"Gerasimov" fontsize:10

Notes

References

(1994). "The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War". Brookings Institution.

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