Chief of the General Staff (Russia)


The Chief of the General Staff is the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and is the senior-most uniformed military officer. He is appointed by the President of Russia, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The position dates to the period of the Russian Empire. The current Chief of the General Staff is Army General Valery Gerasimov.

List of chiefs of the general staff

† denotes people who died in office.

Imperial Russian Army (1812–1917)

;Director of the Inspection Department of the Ministry of War
;Chief of the Main Staff
;Chief of the General Directorate of the General Staff

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

Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921)

Red Army (1921–1946)

;Chief of the Staff
;Chief of the General Staff

Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1991)

Russian Armed Forces (1992–present)