Chief of the General Staff (Russia)

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.

Chief of the General Staff

Chief of staff

Minister of Defence of Russia
President of Russia (sometimes)

General Staff Building, Znamenka 14/1, Moscow

President of Russia

9 August 1812 (historical)
10 June 1992 (current)

General-Adjutant Pavel Gavrilovich Gagarin

First Deputy Chief of the General Staff

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Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy

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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, , 2004 (for Soviet era list of CGSs).

Chief of the General Staff (Russia)