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href="/wiki/File:Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg/220px-Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg/330px-Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg/440px-Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4677" data-file-height="6614" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">Army General</a> <a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a><br /></div>since 9 November 2012</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Russia%27s_Chief_of_Staff.svg/14px-Flag_of_Russia%27s_Chief_of_Staff.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Russia%27s_Chief_of_Staff.svg/21px-Flag_of_Russia%27s_Chief_of_Staff.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Russia%27s_Chief_of_Staff.svg/28px-Flag_of_Russia%27s_Chief_of_Staff.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1566" data-file-height="1676" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff of the Armed Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">Chief of staff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Security_Council_of_Russia" title="Security Council of Russia">Security Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Defence (Russia)">Minister of Defence of Russia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a> (sometimes)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Moscow)" title="General Staff Building (Moscow)">General Staff Building</a>, Znamenka 14/1, <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">9 August 1812 <span style="font-size:85%;">(historical)</span><br />10 June 1992 <span style="font-size:85%;">(current)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adjutant_general#Imperial_Russia" title="Adjutant general">General-Adjutant</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pavel_Gavrilovich_Gagarin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pavel Gavrilovich Gagarin (page does not exist)">Pavel Gavrilovich Gagarin</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Гагарин, Павел Гаврилович">ru</a>]</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">First Deputy Chief of the General Staff</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eng.mil.ru/en/management.htm">www.mil.ru</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Chief of the General Staff</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Начальник Генерального штаба</span>) is the head of the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff</a> and the highest ranking officer of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian Armed Forces</a> or is also the senior-most uniformed military officer. He is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a>, who is the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces">Supreme Commander-in-Chief</a>. The position dates to the period of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. The current Chief of the General Staff is <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">Army General</a> <a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_chiefs_of_the_general_staff">List of chiefs of the general staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of chiefs of the general staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>† denotes people who died in office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Imperial_Russian_Army_(1812–1917)"><span id="Imperial_Russian_Army_.281812.E2.80.931917.29"></span>Imperial Russian Army (1812–1917)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Imperial Russian Army (1812–1917)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chief_of_the_Main_Staff">Chief of the Main Staff</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief of the Main Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the Main Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_Maurice_van_Heiden_(Kramskoy).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden"><img alt="Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Frederick_Maurice_van_Heiden_%28Kramskoy%29.jpg/100px-Frederick_Maurice_van_Heiden_%28Kramskoy%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Frederick_Maurice_van_Heiden_%28Kramskoy%29.jpg/150px-Frederick_Maurice_van_Heiden_%28Kramskoy%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Frederick_Maurice_van_Heiden_%28Kramskoy%29.jpg/200px-Frederick_Maurice_van_Heiden_%28Kramskoy%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">van Heiden, Fyodor Logginovich</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Logginovich_van_Heiden" title="Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden">Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden</a></b><br /><small>(1821–1900)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 January 1866</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 May 1881</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003562000000000000♠"></span>15 years, 141 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolai Obruchev"><img alt="Nikolai Obruchev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/100px-%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/150px-%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/200px-%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1112" data-file-height="1543" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Obruchev, Nikolai</span>Lieutenant General<br /><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Infantry_(Imperial_Russia)" title="General of the Infantry (Imperial Russia)">General of the Infantry</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Obruchev" title="Nikolai Obruchev">Nikolai Obruchev</a></b><br /><small>(1830–1904)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 June 1881</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31 December 1897</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003604800000000000♠"></span>16 years, 204 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sakharov_Viktor_(1848-1906).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Viktor Sakharov"><img alt="Viktor Sakharov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Sakharov_Viktor_%281848-1906%29.jpg/100px-Sakharov_Viktor_%281848-1906%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Sakharov_Viktor_%281848-1906%29.jpg/150px-Sakharov_Viktor_%281848-1906%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Sakharov_Viktor_%281848-1906%29.jpg/200px-Sakharov_Viktor_%281848-1906%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="499" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sakharov, Viktor</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Sakharov" title="Viktor Sakharov">Viktor Sakharov</a></b><br /><small>(1848–1905)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 January 1898</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 March 1904</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003224100000000000♠"></span>6 years, 51 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frolov_Petr_Alexandrovitch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pyotr A. Frolov [ru]"><img alt="Pyotr A. Frolov [ru]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Frolov_Petr_Alexandrovitch.jpg/100px-Frolov_Petr_Alexandrovitch.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Frolov_Petr_Alexandrovitch.jpg/150px-Frolov_Petr_Alexandrovitch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Frolov_Petr_Alexandrovitch.jpg/200px-Frolov_Petr_Alexandrovitch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="520" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Frolov, Pyotr</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pyotr_A._Frolov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pyotr A. Frolov (page does not exist)">Pyotr A. Frolov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB)" class="extiw" title="ru:Фролов, Пётр Александрович (генерал)">ru</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1852–?)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 March 1904</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 1905</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002474000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 109 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chief_of_the_General_Directorate_of_the_General_Staff">Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palitsin_Fedor_Fedorovich.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fyodor Palitsyn"><img alt="Fyodor Palitsyn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Palitsin_Fedor_Fedorovich.jpg/100px-Palitsin_Fedor_Fedorovich.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Palitsin_Fedor_Fedorovich.jpg/150px-Palitsin_Fedor_Fedorovich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Palitsin_Fedor_Fedorovich.jpg/200px-Palitsin_Fedor_Fedorovich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="577" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Palitsyn, Fyodor</span><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_branch#Russian_Empire" title="General of the branch">General of the Cavalry</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Palitzin" title="Fyodor Palitzin">Fyodor Palitsyn</a></b><br /><small>(1851–1923)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 1905</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 December 1908</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002157000000000000♠"></span>157 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suhomlinov_Vladimir_Alexandrovich.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vladimir Sukhomlinov"><img alt="Vladimir Sukhomlinov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Suhomlinov_Vladimir_Alexandrovich.jpg/100px-Suhomlinov_Vladimir_Alexandrovich.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Suhomlinov_Vladimir_Alexandrovich.jpg/150px-Suhomlinov_Vladimir_Alexandrovich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Suhomlinov_Vladimir_Alexandrovich.jpg/200px-Suhomlinov_Vladimir_Alexandrovich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="860" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sukhomlinov, Vladimir</span>General of the Cavalry<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Sukhomlinov" title="Vladimir Sukhomlinov">Vladimir Sukhomlinov</a></b><br /><small>(1848–1926)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 December 1908</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 March 1909</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001990000000000000♠"></span>99 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Myshlayevsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alexander Myshlayevsky"><img alt="Alexander Myshlayevsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Alexander_Myshlayevsky.jpg/100px-Alexander_Myshlayevsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Alexander_Myshlayevsky.jpg/150px-Alexander_Myshlayevsky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Alexander_Myshlayevsky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Myshlayevsky, Alexander</span>General of the Infantry<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Myshlayevsky" title="Alexander Myshlayevsky">Alexander Myshlayevsky</a></b><br /><small>(1856–1920)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 March 1909</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1909</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Evgeny_Gerngross.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Evgeny Gerngross [ru]"><img alt="Evgeny Gerngross [ru]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Evgeny_Gerngross.jpeg/100px-Evgeny_Gerngross.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Evgeny_Gerngross.jpeg/150px-Evgeny_Gerngross.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Evgeny_Gerngross.jpeg/200px-Evgeny_Gerngross.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="718" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gerngross, Evgeny</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evgeny_Gerngross&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evgeny Gerngross (page does not exist)">Evgeny Gerngross</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81,_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Гернгросс, Евгений Александрович">ru</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1855–1912)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1909</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 February 1911</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 5 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yakov_Zhilinsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yakov Zhilinsky"><img alt="Yakov Zhilinsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Yakov_Zhilinsky.jpg/100px-Yakov_Zhilinsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Yakov_Zhilinsky.jpg/150px-Yakov_Zhilinsky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Yakov_Zhilinsky.jpg/200px-Yakov_Zhilinsky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="933" data-file-height="1309" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Zhilinskiy, Yakov</span>General of the Cavalry<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Yakov_Zhilinsky" title="Yakov Zhilinsky">Yakov Zhilinsky</a></b><br /><small>(1853–1918)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 February 1911</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 March 1914</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003110600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 10 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nikolai_Yanushkevich.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolai Yanushkevich"><img alt="Nikolai Yanushkevich" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Nikolai_Yanushkevich.jpg/100px-Nikolai_Yanushkevich.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Nikolai_Yanushkevich.jpg/150px-Nikolai_Yanushkevich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Nikolai_Yanushkevich.jpg/200px-Nikolai_Yanushkevich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="922" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Yanushkevich, Nikolai</span><a href="/wiki/Major_general#Russia" title="Major general">Major General</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Yanushkevich" title="Nikolai Yanushkevich">Nikolai Yanushkevich</a></b><br /><small>(1868–1918)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 March 1914</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1914</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002149000000000000♠"></span>149 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belyaev,_Mikhail_Alekseyevich_(1863-1918)01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikhail Belyaev"><img alt="Mikhail Belyaev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Belyaev%2C_Mikhail_Alekseyevich_%281863-1918%2901.jpg/100px-Belyaev%2C_Mikhail_Alekseyevich_%281863-1918%2901.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Belyaev%2C_Mikhail_Alekseyevich_%281863-1918%2901.jpg/150px-Belyaev%2C_Mikhail_Alekseyevich_%281863-1918%2901.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Belyaev%2C_Mikhail_Alekseyevich_%281863-1918%2901.jpg/200px-Belyaev%2C_Mikhail_Alekseyevich_%281863-1918%2901.jpg 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="578" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Belyaev, Mikhail</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Belyaev" title="Mikhail Belyaev">Mikhail Belyaev</a></b><br /><small>(1863–1918)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1914</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 August 1916</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002740000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 9 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pyotr_I._Averyanov.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pyotr Averyanov [ru]"><img alt="Pyotr Averyanov [ru]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Pyotr_I._Averyanov.jpeg/100px-Pyotr_I._Averyanov.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Pyotr_I._Averyanov.jpeg/150px-Pyotr_I._Averyanov.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Pyotr_I._Averyanov.jpeg/200px-Pyotr_I._Averyanov.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="558" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Averyanov, Pyotr</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pyotr_Averyanov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pyotr Averyanov (page does not exist)">Pyotr Averyanov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Аверьянов, Пётр Иванович">ru</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1867–1937)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 August 1916</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 May 1917</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002278000000000000♠"></span>278 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army" title="Imperial Russian Army">Imperial Russian Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Romanovski_IP.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ivan Romanovsky"><img alt="Ivan Romanovsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Romanovski_IP.jpg/100px-Romanovski_IP.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Romanovski_IP.jpg/150px-Romanovski_IP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Romanovski_IP.jpg/200px-Romanovski_IP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="420" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Romanovsky, Ivan</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Romanovsky" title="Ivan Romanovsky">Ivan Romanovsky</a></b><br /><small>(1877–1920)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 July 1917</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 September 1917</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002134000000000000♠"></span>134 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Army_(1917)" title="Russian Army (1917)">Russian Army (1917)</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marushevskii_VV.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vladimir Marushevsky"><img alt="Vladimir Marushevsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Marushevskii_VV.jpeg/100px-Marushevskii_VV.jpeg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Marushevskii_VV.jpeg/150px-Marushevskii_VV.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Marushevskii_VV.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="258" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Marushevsky, Vladimir</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Marushevsky" title="Vladimir Marushevsky">Vladimir Marushevsky</a></b><br /><small>(1874–1952)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 September 1917</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 November 1917</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001580000000000000♠"></span>58 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Army_(1917)" title="Russian Army (1917)">Russian Army (1917)</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Council_of_People's_Commissars_on_War_and_Navy_Affairs_(1917–1918)"><span id="Council_of_People.27s_Commissars_on_War_and_Navy_Affairs_.281917.E2.80.931918.29"></span>Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (1917–1918)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (1917–1918)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the General Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PotapovNM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolay Potapov"><img alt="Nikolay Potapov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/PotapovNM.jpg/100px-PotapovNM.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/PotapovNM.jpg/150px-PotapovNM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/PotapovNM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Potapov, Nikolay</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Potapov" title="Nikolay Potapov">Nikolay Potapov</a></b><br /><small>(1871–1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 November 1917</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 May 1918</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002166000000000000♠"></span>166 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revolutionary_Military_Council_of_the_Republic_(1918–1921)"><span id="Revolutionary_Military_Council_of_the_Republic_.281918.E2.80.931921.29"></span>Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the All-Russian Main Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolai Stogov"><img alt="Nikolai Stogov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/100px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/150px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/200px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Stogov, Nikolai</span>Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Stogov" title="Nikolai Stogov">Nikolai Stogov</a></b><br /><small>(1873–1959)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 May 1918</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 August 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002451000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 86 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Svechin_AA_1923.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alexander Svechin"><img alt="Alexander Svechin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Svechin_AA_1923.jpg/100px-Svechin_AA_1923.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Svechin_AA_1923.jpg/150px-Svechin_AA_1923.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Svechin_AA_1923.jpg/200px-Svechin_AA_1923.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="820" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Svechin, Alexander</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Svechin" title="Alexander Svechin">Alexander Svechin</a></b><br /><small>(1878–1938)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 August 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 October 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001810000000000000♠"></span>81 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolay Rattel"><img alt="Nikolay Rattel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg/100px-RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg/150px-RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Rattel, Nikolay</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Rattel" title="Nikolay Rattel">Nikolay Rattel</a></b><br /><small>(1875–1939)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 October 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 February 1921</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002477000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 111 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the Field Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolay Rattel"><img alt="Nikolay Rattel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg/100px-RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg/150px-RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/RattelNI-general-staff-red-army.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Rattel, Nikolay</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Rattel" title="Nikolay Rattel">Nikolay Rattel</a></b><br /><small>(1875–1939)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 September 1918</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 October 1918</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001450000000000000♠"></span>45 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KostyaevFV.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fyodor Kostyayev"><img alt="Fyodor Kostyayev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/KostyaevFV.jpg/100px-KostyaevFV.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/KostyaevFV.jpg/150px-KostyaevFV.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/KostyaevFV.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kostyayev, Fyodor</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Kostyayev" title="Fyodor Kostyayev">Fyodor Kostyayev</a></b><br /><small>(1878–1925)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 October 1918</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 June 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002240000000000000♠"></span>240 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mikhail_Bonch-Bruevich.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich"><img alt="Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Mikhail_Bonch-Bruevich.jpg/100px-Mikhail_Bonch-Bruevich.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Mikhail_Bonch-Bruevich.jpg/150px-Mikhail_Bonch-Bruevich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Mikhail_Bonch-Bruevich.jpg/200px-Mikhail_Bonch-Bruevich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="331" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bonch-Bruyevich, Mikhail</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Bonch-Bruyevich_(commander)" title="Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich (commander)">Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich</a></b><br /><small>(1870–1956)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 June 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 July 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠"></span>34 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LebedevPP.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pavel Lebedev"><img alt="Pavel Lebedev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/LebedevPP.jpg/100px-LebedevPP.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/LebedevPP.jpg/150px-LebedevPP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/LebedevPP.jpg/200px-LebedevPP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lebedev, Pavel</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Pavlovich_Lebedev" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev">Pavel Lebedev</a></b><br /><small>(1872–1933)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 July 1919</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 February 1921</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002569000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 203 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Red_Army_(1921–1946)"><span id="Red_Army_.281921.E2.80.931946.29"></span>Red Army (1921–1946)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Red Army (1921–1946)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chief_of_the_Staff">Chief of the Staff</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chief of the Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LebedevPP.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pavel Lebedev"><img alt="Pavel Lebedev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/LebedevPP.jpg/100px-LebedevPP.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/LebedevPP.jpg/150px-LebedevPP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/LebedevPP.jpg/200px-LebedevPP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lebedev, Pavel</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Pavlovich_Lebedev" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev">Pavel Lebedev</a></b><br /><small>(1872–1933)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 February 1921</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1924</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 1 month</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frunze_MV.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikhail Frunze"><img alt="Mikhail Frunze" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Frunze_MV.jpg/100px-Frunze_MV.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Frunze_MV.jpg/150px-Frunze_MV.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Frunze_MV.jpg/200px-Frunze_MV.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Frunze, Mikhail</span>Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Frunze" title="Mikhail Frunze">Mikhail Frunze</a></b><br /><small>(1885–1925)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1924</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 1925</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:S_S_Kamenev_02.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Sergey Kamenev"><img alt="Sergey Kamenev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/S_S_Kamenev_02.gif/100px-S_S_Kamenev_02.gif" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/S_S_Kamenev_02.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="146" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kamenev, Sergey</span><a href="/wiki/Komandarm_1st_rank" title="Komandarm 1st rank">Komandarm 1st rank</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kamenev" title="Sergey Kamenev">Sergey Kamenev</a></b><br /><small>(1881–1936)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 1925</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 1925</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C.%D0%9D._%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikhail Tukhachevsky"><img alt="Mikhail Tukhachevsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%D0%9C.%D0%9D._%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg/100px-%D0%9C.%D0%9D._%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%D0%9C.%D0%9D._%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg/150px-%D0%9C.%D0%9D._%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%D0%9C.%D0%9D._%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg/200px-%D0%9C.%D0%9D._%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="822" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tukhachevsky, Mikhail</span><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Marshal of the Soviet Union">Marshal of the Soviet Union</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Tukhachevsky" title="Mikhail Tukhachevsky">Mikhail Tukhachevsky</a></b><br /><small>(1893–1937)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 1925</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">May 1928</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 6 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boris Shaposhnikov"><img alt="Boris Shaposhnikov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/100px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/150px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/200px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1388" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shaposhnikov, Boris</span>Komandarm 1st rank<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Boris_Shaposhnikov" title="Boris Shaposhnikov">Boris Shaposhnikov</a></b><br /><small>(1882–1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">May 1928</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1931</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 11 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Vladimir Triandafillov"><img alt="Vladimir Triandafillov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Triandafillov, Vladimir</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Triandafillov" title="Vladimir Triandafillov">Vladimir Triandafillov</a></b><br /><small>(1894–1931)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-plane_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plane-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">May 1931</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 July 1931 †</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alexander Yegorov"><img alt="Alexander Yegorov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/100px-%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/150px-%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/200px-%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="869" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Yegorov, Alexander</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Yegorov_(soldier)" title="Alexander Yegorov (soldier)">Alexander Yegorov</a></b><br /><small>(1883–1939)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">July 1931</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1935</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 years, 2 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chief_of_the_General_Staff">Chief of the General Staff</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chief of the General Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the General Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alexander Yegorov"><img alt="Alexander Yegorov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/100px-%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/150px-%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/200px-%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="869" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Yegorov, Alexander</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Yegorov_(soldier)" title="Alexander Yegorov (soldier)">Alexander Yegorov</a></b><br /><small>(1883–1939)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1935</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 May 1937</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 8 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boris Shaposhnikov"><img alt="Boris Shaposhnikov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/100px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/150px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/200px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1388" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shaposhnikov, Boris</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Boris_Shaposhnikov" title="Boris Shaposhnikov">Boris Shaposhnikov</a></b><br /><small>(1882–1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 May 1937</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1940</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 2 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirill_Afanasievich_Meretskov_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kirill Meretskov"><img alt="Kirill Meretskov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Kirill_Afanasievich_Meretskov_1.jpg/100px-Kirill_Afanasievich_Meretskov_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Kirill_Afanasievich_Meretskov_1.jpg/150px-Kirill_Afanasievich_Meretskov_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Kirill_Afanasievich_Meretskov_1.jpg/200px-Kirill_Afanasievich_Meretskov_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="607" data-file-height="882" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shaposhnikov, Boris</span><a href="/wiki/Army_General_(Soviet_rank)" title="Army General (Soviet rank)">Army General</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Kirill_Meretskov" title="Kirill Meretskov">Kirill Meretskov</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1968)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">August 1940</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_2410_Marshal_Zhukov_speaking.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Georgy Zhukov"><img alt="Georgy Zhukov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/RIAN_archive_2410_Marshal_Zhukov_speaking.jpg/100px-RIAN_archive_2410_Marshal_Zhukov_speaking.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/RIAN_archive_2410_Marshal_Zhukov_speaking.jpg/150px-RIAN_archive_2410_Marshal_Zhukov_speaking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/RIAN_archive_2410_Marshal_Zhukov_speaking.jpg/200px-RIAN_archive_2410_Marshal_Zhukov_speaking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Zhukov, Georgy</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov" title="Georgy Zhukov">Georgy Zhukov</a></b><br /><small>(1896–1974)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">February 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 July 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">(2)</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boris Shaposhnikov"><img alt="Boris Shaposhnikov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/100px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/150px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg/200px-Boris_Shaposhnikov_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1388" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shaposhnikov, Boris</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Boris_Shaposhnikov" title="Boris Shaposhnikov">Boris Shaposhnikov</a></b><br /><small>(1882–1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 July 1941</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 May 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002286000000000000♠"></span>286 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aleksandr Vasilevsky"><img alt="Aleksandr Vasilevsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/100px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/150px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/200px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Vasilevsky, Aleksandr</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky" title="Aleksandr Vasilevsky">Aleksandr Vasilevsky</a></b><br /><small>(1895–1977)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 June 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">February 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 7 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aleksei_Antonov_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aleksei Antonov"><img alt="Aleksei Antonov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Aleksei_Antonov_3.jpg/100px-Aleksei_Antonov_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Aleksei_Antonov_3.jpg/150px-Aleksei_Antonov_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Aleksei_Antonov_3.jpg/200px-Aleksei_Antonov_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Antonov, Aleksei</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Aleksei_Antonov" title="Aleksei Antonov">Aleksei Antonov</a></b><br /><small>(1896–1962)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">February 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 March 1946</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 1 month</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_Armed_Forces_(1946–1991)"><span id="Soviet_Armed_Forces_.281946.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the General Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aleksandr Vasilevsky"><img alt="Aleksandr Vasilevsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/100px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/150px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg/200px-Aleksandr_Vasilevsky_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Vasilevsky, Aleksandr</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky" title="Aleksandr Vasilevsky">Aleksandr Vasilevsky</a></b><br /><small>(1895–1977)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 March 1946</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 1948</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 7 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sergey_Shtemenko_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sergei Shtemenko"><img alt="Sergei Shtemenko" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Sergey_Shtemenko_1.jpg/100px-Sergey_Shtemenko_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Sergey_Shtemenko_1.jpg/150px-Sergey_Shtemenko_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Sergey_Shtemenko_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shtemenko, Sergei</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shtemenko" title="Sergei Shtemenko">Sergei Shtemenko</a></b><br /><small>(1907–1976)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 1948</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 1952</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years, 7 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vasily_Sokolovsky_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vasily Sokolovsky"><img alt="Vasily Sokolovsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vasily_Sokolovsky_2.jpg/100px-Vasily_Sokolovsky_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Vasily_Sokolovsky_2.jpg/150px-Vasily_Sokolovsky_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Vasily_Sokolovsky_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sokolovsky, Vasily</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Sokolovsky" title="Vasily Sokolovsky">Vasily Sokolovsky</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1968)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">June 1952</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1960</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 years, 10 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Matvei Zakharov"><img alt="Matvei Zakharov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg/100px-Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg/150px-Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg/200px-Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="887" data-file-height="1301" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Zakharov, Matvei</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Matvei_Zakharov" title="Matvei Zakharov">Matvei Zakharov</a></b><br /><small>(1898–1972)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">April 1960</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">March 1963</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 11 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sergey_Biryuzov.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sergey Biryuzov"><img alt="Sergey Biryuzov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Sergey_Biryuzov.jpg/100px-Sergey_Biryuzov.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Sergey_Biryuzov.jpg/150px-Sergey_Biryuzov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Sergey_Biryuzov.jpg/200px-Sergey_Biryuzov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2348" data-file-height="3004" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Biryuzov, Sergey</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Biryuzov" title="Sergey Biryuzov">Sergey Biryuzov</a></b><br /><small>(1904–1964)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-plane_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plane-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">March 1963</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 October 1964 †</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year, 7 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">(4)</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Matvei Zakharov"><img alt="Matvei Zakharov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg/100px-Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg/150px-Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg/200px-Matvei_Zakharov_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="887" data-file-height="1301" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Zakharov, Matvei</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Matvei_Zakharov" title="Matvei Zakharov">Matvei Zakharov</a></b><br /><small>(1898–1972)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">November 1964</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 years, 9 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Viktor Kulikov"><img alt="Viktor Kulikov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/100px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/150px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg/200px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kulikov, Viktor</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Kulikov" title="Viktor Kulikov">Viktor Kulikov</a></b><br /><small>(1921–2013)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 January 1977</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 years, 4 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nikolai_Ogarkov_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolai Ogarkov"><img alt="Nikolai Ogarkov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Nikolai_Ogarkov_1.jpg/100px-Nikolai_Ogarkov_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Nikolai_Ogarkov_1.jpg/150px-Nikolai_Ogarkov_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Nikolai_Ogarkov_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ogarkov, Nikolai</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Ogarkov" title="Nikolai Ogarkov">Nikolai Ogarkov</a></b><br /><small>(1917–1994)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Garthoffp186_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garthoffp186-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 January 1977</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 September 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003279400000000000♠"></span>7 years, 238 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sergey_Akhromeyev.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sergey Akhromeyev"><img alt="Sergey Akhromeyev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Sergey_Akhromeyev.jpg/100px-Sergey_Akhromeyev.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Sergey_Akhromeyev.jpg/150px-Sergey_Akhromeyev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Sergey_Akhromeyev.jpg/200px-Sergey_Akhromeyev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Akhromeyev, Sergey</span>Marshal of the Soviet Union<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Akhromeyev" title="Sergey Akhromeyev">Sergey Akhromeyev</a></b><br /><small>(1923–1991)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-Garthoffp186_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garthoffp186-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 September 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 November 1988</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003152300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 62 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mikhail_Moiseev.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikhail Moiseyev"><img alt="Mikhail Moiseyev" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Mikhail_Moiseev.jpg/100px-Mikhail_Moiseev.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Mikhail_Moiseev.jpg/150px-Mikhail_Moiseev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Mikhail_Moiseev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Moiseyev, Mikhail</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_general#Russia" title="Colonel general">Colonel General</a><br />Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Moiseyev" title="Mikhail Moiseyev">Mikhail Moiseyev</a></b><br /><small>(1939–2022)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">December 1988</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 August 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 years, 8 months</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Lobov_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vladimir Lobov"><img alt="Vladimir Lobov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Vladimir_Lobov_2.jpg/100px-Vladimir_Lobov_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Vladimir_Lobov_2.jpg/150px-Vladimir_Lobov_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Vladimir_Lobov_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lobov, Vladimir</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lobov" title="Vladimir Lobov">Vladimir Lobov</a></b><br /><small>(born 1935)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 August 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 December 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002122000000000000♠"></span>122 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Armed_Forces_(1992–present)"><span id="Russian_Armed_Forces_.281992.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Russian Armed Forces (1992–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Russian Armed Forces (1992–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief of the General Staff</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Victor_Dubynin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Viktor Dubynin"><img alt="Viktor Dubynin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Victor_Dubynin.jpg/100px-Victor_Dubynin.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Victor_Dubynin.jpg/150px-Victor_Dubynin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Victor_Dubynin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Dubynin, Viktor</span><a href="/wiki/Army_general_(Russia)" title="Army general (Russia)">Army General</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Dubynin" title="Viktor Dubynin">Viktor Dubynin</a></b><br /><small>(1943–1992)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 June 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 November 1992 †</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002165000000000000♠"></span>165 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mikhail_Kolesnikov_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikhail Kolesnikov"><img alt="Mikhail Kolesnikov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mikhail_Kolesnikov_4.jpg/100px-Mikhail_Kolesnikov_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mikhail_Kolesnikov_4.jpg/150px-Mikhail_Kolesnikov_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Mikhail_Kolesnikov_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kolesnikov, Mikhail</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Kolesnikov_(politician)" title="Mikhail Kolesnikov (politician)">Mikhail Kolesnikov</a></b><br /><small>(1939–2007)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 November 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 October 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003142600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 331 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Viktor_Samsonov_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Viktor Samsonov"><img alt="Viktor Samsonov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Viktor_Samsonov_1.jpg/100px-Viktor_Samsonov_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Viktor_Samsonov_1.jpg/150px-Viktor_Samsonov_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Viktor_Samsonov_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Samsonov, Viktor</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Samsonov" title="Viktor Samsonov">Viktor Samsonov</a></b><br /><small>(1941–2024)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 October 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 May 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002216000000000000♠"></span>216 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%90.%D0%92._%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Anatoly Kvashnin"><img alt="Anatoly Kvashnin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%90.%D0%92._%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg/100px-%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%90.%D0%92._%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%90.%D0%92._%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="134" data-file-height="199" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kvashnin, Anatoly</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Kvashnin" title="Anatoly Kvashnin">Anatoly Kvashnin</a></b><br /><small>(1946–2022)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 May 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 July 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003261500000000000♠"></span>7 years, 58 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yuri_Baluyevsky,_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yuri Baluyevsky"><img alt="Yuri Baluyevsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Yuri_Baluyevsky%2C_2006.jpg/100px-Yuri_Baluyevsky%2C_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Yuri_Baluyevsky%2C_2006.jpg/150px-Yuri_Baluyevsky%2C_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Yuri_Baluyevsky%2C_2006.jpg/200px-Yuri_Baluyevsky%2C_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="565" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Baluyevsky, Yuri</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Baluyevsky" title="Yuri Baluyevsky">Yuri Baluyevsky</a></b><br /><small>(born 1947)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 July 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003141500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 320 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nikolai_Makarov_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolai Makarov"><img alt="Nikolai Makarov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Nikolai_Makarov_1.jpg/100px-Nikolai_Makarov_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Nikolai_Makarov_1.jpg/150px-Nikolai_Makarov_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Nikolai_Makarov_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Makarov, Nikolai</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Makarov_(general)" title="Nikolai Makarov (general)">Nikolai Makarov</a></b><br /><small>(born 1949)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 November 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003162000000000000♠"></span>4 years, 159 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian Ground Forces</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Valery Gerasimov"><img alt="Valery Gerasimov" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg/100px-Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg/150px-Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg/200px-Valery_Gerasimov_official_photo_version_2022-10-03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4677" data-file-height="6614" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gerasimov, Valery</span>Army General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a></b><br /><small>(born 1955)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 November 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003441200000000000♠"></span>12 years, 29 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Federation_Ground_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" 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class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-plane_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plane_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Died in a plane crash.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces">Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Aerospace_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces">Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Russian_Navy" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy">Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheget" title="Cheget">Cheget</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Garthoffp186-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Garthoffp186_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Garthoffp186_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGarthoff1994" class="citation book cs1">Garthoff, Raymond L. (1994). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/greattransitiona00gart"><i>The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War</i></a></span>. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/greattransitiona00gart/page/186">186</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8157-3060-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-8157-3060-8"><bdi>0-8157-3060-8</bdi></a>. <q>The decision was taken at the regular Politburo meeting [on 6 September] and appeared to have been sudden</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Great+Transition%3A+American-Soviet+Relations+and+the+End+of+the+Cold+War&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pages=186&rft.pub=Brookings+Institution&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-8157-3060-8&rft.aulast=Garthoff&rft.aufirst=Raymond+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgreattransitiona00gart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChief+of+the+General+Staff+%28Russia%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, <i>The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91</i>, Tomsk University Publishing House, <a href="/wiki/Tomsk" title="Tomsk">Tomsk</a>, 2004 (for Soviet era list of CGSs).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070916202011/http://www.tyl.mil.ru/page11.htm">Official Russian Ministry of Defense website</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Staff</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/16px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/24px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Red_Army_Badge.svg/31px-Red_Army_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="245" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a><br />(1917–1946)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Potapov" title="Nikolay Potapov">Nikolay Potapov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1917-1918</span></li> 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style="font-size:85%;">1919-1919</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Pavlovich_Lebedev" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev">Pavel Lebedev</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1919-1921</span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Pavlovich_Lebedev" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev">Pavel Lebedev</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–24)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Frunze" title="Mikhail Frunze">Mikhail Frunze</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–25)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kamenev" title="Sergey Kamenev">Sergey Kamenev</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1925)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Tukhachevsky" title="Mikhail Tukhachevsky">Mikhail Tukhachevsky</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–28)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Shaposhnikov" title="Boris Shaposhnikov">Boris Shaposhnikov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1928–31)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Triandafillov" title="Vladimir Triandafillov">Vladimir Triandafillov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1931)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Yegorov_(soldier)" title="Alexander Yegorov (soldier)">Alexander Yegorov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–37)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Shaposhnikov" title="Boris Shaposhnikov">Boris Shaposhnikov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1937–40)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirill_Meretskov" title="Kirill Meretskov">Kirill Meretskov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1940–41)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov" title="Georgy Zhukov">Georgy Zhukov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1941)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Shaposhnikov" title="Boris Shaposhnikov">Boris Shaposhnikov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–42)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky" title="Aleksandr Vasilevsky">Aleksandr Vasilevsky</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1942–45)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksei_Antonov" title="Aleksei Antonov">Aleksei 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Soviet Armed Forces">Soviet Armed Forces</a><br />(1946–1992)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Vasilevsky" title="Aleksandr Vasilevsky">Aleksandr Vasilevsky</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1946–48)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shtemenko" title="Sergei Shtemenko">Sergei Shtemenko</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1948–52)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Sokolovsky" title="Vasily Sokolovsky">Vasily Sokolovsky</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–60)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matvei_Zakharov" title="Matvei Zakharov">Matvei Zakharov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1960–63)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Biryuzov" title="Sergey Biryuzov">Sergey Biryuzov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1963–64)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matvei_Zakharov" title="Matvei Zakharov">Matvei Zakharov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1964–71)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Kulikov" title="Viktor Kulikov">Viktor Kulikov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1971–77)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Ogarkov" title="Nikolai Ogarkov">Nikolai Ogarkov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–84)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Akhromeyev" title="Sergey Akhromeyev">Sergey Akhromeyev</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–88)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Moiseyev" title="Mikhail Moiseyev">Mikhail Moiseyev</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1988–91)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lobov" title="Vladimir Lobov">Vladimir Lobov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Banner_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%28obverse%29.svg/22px-Banner_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation_%28obverse%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" 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style="font-size:85%;">(1992–96)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Samsonov" title="Viktor Samsonov">Viktor Samsonov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996–97)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Kvashnin" title="Anatoly Kvashnin">Anatoly Kvashnin</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1997–2004)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Baluyevsky" title="Yuri Baluyevsky">Yuri Baluyevsky</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2004–08)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Makarov_(general)" title="Nikolai Makarov (general)">Nikolai Makarov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008–12)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2012–present)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Military" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Military history of the Russian Federation">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_doctrine_of_Russia" title="Military doctrine of Russia">Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Russian_military_bases_abroad" title="List of Russian military bases abroad">Bases abroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Military budget of the Russian Federation">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_military_bands" title="Russian military bands">Bands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="Russia and weapons of mass destruction">Weapons of mass destruction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_emblems_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation">Awards and emblems</a></li> <li>General Staff buildings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Saint_Petersburg)" title="General Staff Building (Saint Petersburg)">Saint Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Moscow)" title="General Staff Building (Moscow)">Moscow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Building_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_(Russia)" title="Main Building of the Ministry of Defense (Russia)">Main Building of the Ministry of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arms_industry_of_Russia" title="Arms industry of Russia">Defense industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military-Industrial_Commission_of_Russia" title="Military-Industrial Commission of Russia">Military-Industrial Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_war_crimes" title="Russian war crimes">War crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces">Uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Russia" title="Conscription in Russia">Conscription laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Russian_and_Soviet_military" title="Women in the Russian and Soviet military">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Culture of the Russian Armed Forces">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honorary_weapons_of_Russia" title="Honorary weapons of Russia">Honorary weapons</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Military_districts_of_Russia" title="Military districts of Russia">Military districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Previous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Volga%E2%80%93Ural_Military_District" title="Volga–Ural Military District">Volga–Ural</a> (<a href="/wiki/Volga_Military_District" title="Volga Military District">Volga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ural_Military_District" title="Ural Military District">Ural</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus_Military_District" title="North Caucasus Military District">North Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Military_District" title="Siberian Military District">Siberian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_Eastern_Military_District" title="Far Eastern Military District">Far Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad_Special_Region" title="Kaliningrad Special Region">Kaliningrad Special Region</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moscow_Military_District" title="Moscow Military District">Moscow</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Military_District" title="Western Military District">Western</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Military_District" title="Southern Military District">Southern</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Military_District" title="Central Military District">Central</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Yekaterinburg" title="Yekaterinburg">Yekaterinburg</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Military_District" title="Eastern Military District">Eastern</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Khabarovsk" title="Khabarovsk">Khabarovsk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Military_District_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Military District (Russia)">Northern</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Severomorsk" title="Severomorsk">Severomorsk</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fleets of the Navy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Fleet" title="Baltic Fleet">Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Black Sea Fleet">Black Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspian_Flotilla" title="Caspian Flotilla">Caspian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Fleet" title="Northern Fleet">Northern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean_Flotilla" title="Arctic Ocean Flotilla">Arctic Ocean Flotilla</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Fleet_(Russia)" title="Pacific Fleet (Russia)">Pacific</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamchatka_Flotilla" title="Kamchatka Flotilla">Kamchatka Flotilla</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military ranks and insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation">Ground Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation%27s_armed_forces_1994%E2%80%932010" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces 1994–2010">Armed Forces 1994–2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Ground_Forces_troops" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Ground Forces</a> troops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defence_Troops_of_the_Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Air Defence Troops of the Russian Ground Forces">Air Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Missile_Troops_and_Artillery" title="Russian Missile Troops and Artillery">Missile Troops and Artillery‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Engineer_Troops" title="Russian Engineer Troops">Engineer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Signal_Troops" title="Russian Signal Troops">Signal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Tank_Troops" title="Russian Tank Troops">Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_NBC_Protection_Troops" title="Russian NBC Protection Troops">NBC Protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topographic_Service_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Topographic Service of the Russian Armed Forces">Topographic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_Russian_Navy" title="Ensign of the Russian Navy">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Troops_of_the_Russian_Navy" title="Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy">Coastal Troops</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Naval_Infantry" title="Russian Naval Infantry">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_commando_frogmen" title="Russian commando frogmen">Commando Frogmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Naval_Aviation" title="Russian Naval Aviation">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Hydrographic_Service" title="Russian Hydrographic Service">Hydrography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Aerospace_Forces" title="Russian Aerospace Forces">Aerospace Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long-Range_Aviation" title="Long-Range Aviation">Long-Range Aviation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_and_Missile_Defense_Forces" title="Air and Missile Defense Forces">Air and Missile Defense Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Space_Forces" title="Russian Space Forces">Space Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Aerospace_Defence_Forces" title="Russian Aerospace Defence Forces">Aerospace Defence Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Radio-Technical_Troops" title="Russian Radio-Technical Troops">Radio-Technical Troops</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spetsnaz" title="Spetsnaz">Special Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Russia)" title="Special Operations Forces (Russia)">Special Operations Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_of_the_Main_Directorate_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces">Special Forces of the Main Directorate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_of_the_Supreme_High_Command" title="Reserve of the Supreme High Command">Reserve of the Supreme High Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BARS_(Russia)" title="BARS (Russia)">BARS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Independent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Airborne_Forces" title="Russian Airborne Forces">Airborne Forces</a> (<a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Russian_Airborne_Forces" title="Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces">Commander</a>)  •  <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Rocket_Forces" title="Strategic Rocket Forces">Strategic Rocket Forces</a> (<a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Strategic_Rocket_Forces" title="Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces">Commander</a>) </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Logistical_Support_troops" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Logistical_Support_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces">Logistical Support</a> troops</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Russian_Road_Troops&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russian Road Troops (page does not exist)">Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Railway_Troops" title="Russian Railway Troops">Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Departments in the <br /><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)" title="Ministry of Defence (Russia)">Ministry of Defence</a> <br />and <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GRU_(Russian_Federation)" title="GRU (Russian Federation)">Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Operational_Directorate_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces">Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Organizational-Mobilizational_Directorate_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Main Organizational-Mobilizational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces">Main Organizational-Mobilizational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Management_Center" title="National Defense Management Center">National Defense Management Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Military-Political_Directorate_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces">Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Band_Service_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Russia" title="Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia">Military Band Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Police_(Russia)" title="Military Police (Russia)">Main Directorate of Military Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRAU" class="mw-redirect" title="GRAU">Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Chief_Directorate" title="12th Chief Directorate">12th Chief Directorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Agency_of_Automobiles_and_Tanks_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Main Agency of Automobiles and Tanks of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation">Main Agency of Automobiles and Tanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Military_Medical_Directorate_(Russia)" title="Main Military Medical Directorate (Russia)">Main Military Medical Directorate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Zvezda" title="Krasnaya Zvezda">Krasnaya Zvezda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Television_and_Radio_Studio_of_the_Russian_Ministry_of_Defence" title="Central Television and Radio Studio of the Russian Ministry of Defence">Central Television and Radio Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rear_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Rear of the Russian Armed Forces">Rear of the Russian Armed Forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Russian_Ground_Forces" title="List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces">Ground Forces' equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Russian_military_aircraft" title="List of active Russian military aircraft">Air Forces' equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Russian_Navy_ships" title="List of active Russian Navy ships">Navy ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Russian_Navy" title="Future of the Russian Navy">Future of the Russian Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military academy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Previous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cadet_Corps_(Russia)" title="Cadet Corps (Russia)">Cadet Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Cadet_Corps_(Russia)" title="Naval Cadet Corps (Russia)">Naval Cadet Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page_Corps" title="Page Corps">Page Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_departments_of_civilian_universities_(Soviet_Union_and_post-Soviet_area)" title="Military departments of civilian universities (Soviet Union and post-Soviet area)">Military departments of civilian universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_education_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Military education in the Soviet Union">Military academies in the Soviet Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Academy_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Russia" title="Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia">Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_academies_in_Russia" title="Military academies in Russia">Military academies in Russia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suvorov_Military_School" title="Suvorov Military School">Suvorov Military School</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_training_centers_of_civilian_universities_(Russia)" title="Military training centers of civilian universities (Russia)">Military training centers of civilian universities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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the Defence Staff (Cameroon) (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Cape_Verde)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Cape Verde)">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Central_African_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Central African Republic) (page does not exist)">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Chad)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Chad)">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Comoros)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Comoros) (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Republic_of_the_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Republic of the Congo) (page does not exist)">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Djibouti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Djibouti) (page does not exist)">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Egypt)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Egypt)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Equatorial_Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Equatorial Guinea) (page does not exist)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Eritrea)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Eritrea)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umbutfo_Eswatini_Defence_Force#Commanders" title="Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Gabon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Gabon) (page does not exist)">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(The_Gambia)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (The Gambia)">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ghana)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Guinea) (page does not exist)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Guinea-Bissau)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Guinea-Bissau) (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ivory_Coast)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Ivory Coast)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Kenya)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Kenya)">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lesotho_Defence_Force" title="Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Liberia)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Liberia)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Libya)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Libya) (page does not exist)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Madagascar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Madagascar) (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Malawi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Malawi) (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mali)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Mali) (page does not exist)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mauritania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Mauritania) (page does not exist)">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_general_(Morocco)" title="Inspector general (Morocco)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mozambique)" title="Chief of General Staff (Mozambique)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Namibia)" title="Chief of the Defence Force (Namibia)">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Chief_of_staff_(Niger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Chief of staff (Niger) (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Nigeria)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Nigeria)">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Rwanda)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Rwanda)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (São Tomé and Príncipe)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Senegal)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Seychelles)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Seychelles) (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sierra_Leone)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sierra Leone)">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Somalia)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Somalia)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_South_African_National_Defence_Force" title="Chief of the South African National Defence Force">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (South Sudan) (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Sudan) (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_People%27s_Defence_Force#Chief_of_Defence_Force" title="Tanzania People's Defence Force">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Togo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Togo) (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Tunisia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Tunisia) (page does not exist)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Uganda)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Uganda)">Uganda</a></li> <li>Zambia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Somaliland)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Biafra</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Bophuthatswana_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force (page does not exist)">Bophuthatswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Ciskei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Ciskei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirdar" title="Sirdar">British Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Ethiopian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Transkei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Transkei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Transkei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Venda_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Venda Defence Force (page does not exist)">Venda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Zaire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Defense (Antigua and Barbuda)">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Argentina)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina)">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Bahamas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Bahamas)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Barbados)" title="Chief of Staff (Barbados)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Belize)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Bolivia#Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Armed Forces of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Joint Staff of the Armed Forces">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Canada)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Defence_(Chile)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Defence (Chile)">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Commander_of_the_Military_Forces_(Colombia)" title="General Commander of the Military Forces (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Armed_Forces#Leadership" title="Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Dominican_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Dominican Republic) (page does not exist)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Chief_of_Staff_(Ecuador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Chief of Staff (Ecuador) (page does not exist)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Joint_Staff_(El_Salvador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Joint Staff (El Salvador) (page does not exist)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Guatemala)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Guyana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff (Guyana)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Haiti" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Honduras)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Armed Forces (Honduras) (page does not exist)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Jamaica)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Jamaica)">Jamaica</a></li> <li>Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_National_Defense_(Mexico)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)">Secretariat of National Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Navy" title="Secretariat of the Navy">Secretariat of the Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Army_(Nicaragua)" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Paraguay)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Command_(Peru)" title="Chief of the Joint Command (Peru)">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Defence_Force_Commander_(Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Defence Force Commander (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (page does not exist)">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Suriname)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Suriname)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Trinidad and Tobago)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Staff_(Uruguay)" title="Defence Staff (Uruguay)">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Command_Operations_(Venezuela)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic Command Operations (Venezuela)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Afghanistan)" title="Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defense_(Bahrain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defense (Bahrain) (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_Staff_Officer_(Bangladesh)" title="Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Operations_Officer_(Bhutan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Operations Officer (Bhutan) (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Brunei_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Cambodian_Armed_Forces" title="Commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_Department_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission">PR of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(East_Timor)" title="Chief of Defence Force (East Timor)">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Indonesian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army">AJA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">IRGC</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Iraq)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Israel)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Israel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff,_Joint_Staff" title="Chief of Staff, Joint Staff">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Jordan)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jordan)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kazakhstan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Department_of_the_Korean_People%27s_Army" title="General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(South_Korea)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kuwait)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Armed_Forces_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="General Staff of Armed Forces (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Laos)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Laos) (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lebanese_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Malaysia)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Maldives)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Maldives)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mongolia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Mongolia)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_Defence_Services" title="Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Nepal)">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(Oman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (Oman) (page does not exist)">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Qatar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Qatar) (page does not exist)">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_General_Staff" title="Chairman of the General Staff">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Singapore)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Singapore)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Syria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Syria)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Tajikistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Tajikistan)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Thailand)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Thailand)">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Turkmenistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(United_Arab_Emirates)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (United Arab Emirates) (page does not exist)">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Uzbekistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Uzbekistan)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Vietnam)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Vietnam)">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Yemen)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Yemen) (page does not exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Republic_of_China)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Republic of China)">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Democratic Kampuchea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters" title="Imperial General Headquarters">Imperial Japan</a></li> <li>Mengjiang</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Manchukuo" title="Politics of Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_General_Staff_(South_Vietnam)" title="Chief of the Joint General Staff (South Vietnam)">South Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Albania)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Albania)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Armenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Armenia)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Austria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Austria)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Belarus" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Belgium)" title="Chief of Defence (Belgium)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Chiefs of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_(Bulgaria)" title="Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Croatia)" title="Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Croatia)">Croatia</a></li> 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