Born January 31, 1953 in Leningrad. He held operational positions in intelligence, was the first deputy head of the SVR department, deputy director of the FSB, and secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Colonel-General Yury Nikolayevich Baluyevsky
Born on January 9, 1947 in Truskavets, Lvov region, Ukrainian SSR. Was Chief of the Chief operational management General Staff, then Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Belousov Alexander Vasilyevich
Born on September 8, 1952 in the city of Rovno, Ukrainian SSR. He served as an Army Commander, Deputy Commander of the Moscow Military District, Deputy Commander of the Moscow Military District, Deputy Commander of the North Caucasus Military District for emergency situations.
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation - Chief of Armaments of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Army General Aleksey Mikhailovich Moskovsky
Born in 1947 in Smolensk. He was the head of the Main Directorate, the first deputy head of armaments of the Armed Forces, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation - Head of the Logistics of the Armed Forces, General of the Army Isakov Vladimir Ilyich
Born July 21, 1950 in the village. Voskresenskoye, Kaluga region. He served as Deputy Chief of Logistics of the 40th Army in Afghanistan, Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Logistics of the Western Group of Forces, Chief of Staff - First Deputy Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces General of the Army Kormiltsev Nikolai Viktorovich
Born March 14, 1946 in Omsk. After serving in command positions in the troops, he became first deputy, and then commander of the Trans-Baikal Military District.
Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force General of the Army Mikhailov Vladimir Sergeevich
Born on October 6, 1943 in the village of Kudinovo, Moscow Region. He served in aviation units, then as the head of the Borisoglebsk Higher Military aviation school pilots, commander of the North Caucasus Military District Air Force, commander of the air army, deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force.
Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov
Born on September 5, 1944 at the Bamburovo station in the Primorsky Territory. He held a number of primary command positions in the Navy, then was appointed Chief of Staff of the Flotilla, First Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Chief of the Main Staff of the Navy - First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
Commander of the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant General Kolmakov Alexander Petrovich
Born on July 31, 1955 in Kaliningrad, Moscow Region. He held a number of command posts in the army. Then he became the commander of the army, deputy commander of the Far Eastern Military District.
Commander of the Space Forces, Lieutenant General Popovkin Vladimir Aleksandrovich
Born on September 25, 1957 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR. He served as an officer in the troops, was appointed deputy chief of direction in the General Staff, head of direction in the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, chief of staff of the Space Forces.
Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel General Solovtsov Nikolai Evgenievich
Born on January 1, 1949 in the city of Zaisan, East Kazakhstan region. Served as an officer in the Strategic Missile Forces. Then the commander of a missile regiment, division, army, first deputy commander of the Strategic Missile Forces.
Commander of the Leningrad Military District General of the Army Bobryshev Valentin Sergeevich
Born March 5, 1945 in the Stavropol Territory. He served in the army in a number of command positions. Further, the commander of the CIS collective peacekeeping forces in Tajikistan, the chief of staff of the Leningrad Military District.
Commander of the Moscow Military District Army General Ivan Ivanovich Efremov
Born on January 26, 1946 in the village. Holidays of the Kirov region. Served in various military districts. Then he became chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Moscow Military District, head of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense, head of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the RF Ministry of Defense.
Commander of the North Caucasian Military District, General of the Army Baranov Alexander Ivanovich
Born on May 13, 1946 in the village. Kegeyli of the Uzbek SSR. He served in the army in various command positions. He was appointed commander of the army, first deputy commander of the district troops, commander of the troops of the Volga-Urals military district.
Commander of the Far Eastern Military District, Colonel General Yury Nikolayevich Yakubov
Born August 29, 1946. Served in various military districts. Further - the commander of the army, the first deputy commander of the Far Eastern Military District.
Commander of the Siberian Military District Colonel-General Nikolay Yegorovich Makarov
Born October 7, 1949. Served in various military districts. Further - the division commander, the army commander, the chief of staff of the military district.
Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District General of the Army Boldyrev Vladimir Anatolyevich
Born on January 5, 1949 at the Krasnoyarsky farm in the Volgograd region. He served in the army in various positions. He was appointed army commander, chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Trans-Baikal Military District, commander of the Siberian Military District.
Commander of the Northern Fleet Vice Admiral Mikhail Leopoldovich Abramov
Born on July 6, 1956 in Vladivostok. Served as an officer on Navy ships. He held the positions of commander of the flotilla, chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet.
Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Vice Admiral Vladimir Masorin
Born on August 24, 1947. After military school he served as an officer in the Navy. He was the commander of the Caspian flotilla.
Commander of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Viktor Dmitrievich Fedorov
Born on November 23, 1947 at Zharomte station in China People's Republic. In the Navy, he passed a number of command positions. Further - the commander of the unification of the diverse forces of the fleet, the chief of staff of the Pacific Fleet.
Commander of the Baltic Fleet Admiral Valuev Vladimir Prokofievich
Born on July 16, 1947 in Krasny Luch, Lugansk region. He served as an officer on nuclear submarines. Then commander of a submarine squadron, deputy chief of the Main Staff of the Navy, first deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet.
Commander of the Caspian Flotilla Vice Admiral Yury Vladimirovich Startsev
Was born on August 11, 1950 in Simferopol. He served in the Navy on various warships. Then - the commander of the brigade of landing ships, the first deputy commander of the Caspian flotilla.
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New appointments to senior positions took place in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation November 29, 2017
Standards in good hands
New appointments to senior positions in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Thus, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 22, 2017, Lieutenant General Alexander Lapin was appointed to the post of commander of the Central Military District. In turn, Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, who previously commanded the troops of the Central Military District, was appointed head of the Military Academy General Staff Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev has been appointed Commander of the Eastern Military District. The standards were presented to the new commanders of the troops of the Central Military District and the Air Military District by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, General of the Army Dmitry Bulgakov. By the same decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Surovikin, who previously commanded the Air Defense Forces and is still heading the Russian grouping of troops in Syria, was appointed to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. In addition, two new deputy chiefs of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces have been appointed.
At the solemn ceremony of presenting the personal standard to the new commander of the troops of the Central Military District, which took place in Yekaterinburg at the headquarters of the Central Military District, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that Lieutenant General Alexander Lapin is a courageous leader and a skilled organizer with experience in commanding troops and practical application interspecies connections.
Heading the headquarters of the Eastern Military District, the Military Training Scientific Center of the Ground Forces, Alexander Pavlovich Lapin showed best qualities leader, - said Army General Dmitry Bulgakov. - High moral and professional qualities allowed him to successfully command two operational groups in separate directions, and then to fulfill the duties of chief of staff of the group of troops in the Syrian Arab Republic.
The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation added that today the troops of the Central Military District are entrusted with complex tasks for the preparation and use of troops in the Central Asian strategic direction, including as part of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in the Central Asian region of collective security.
Alexander Pavlovich Lapin was born in 1964 in Kazan. Graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School, military academy armored forces, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Passed all command positions. Prior to his appointment as commander of the Central Military District, he headed the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Speaking about the appointment of Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky as head of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Deputy Minister of Defense emphasized that Vladimir Borisovich, in the position of commander of the Central Military District, showed the best qualities of a military leader, which allowed the Central Military District to become one of the best operational army formations.
I am sure that the experience gained by Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky while commanding the troops of the Central Military District will be in demand and applied in the training of senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and statesmen country, - said Army General Dmitry Bulgakov.
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The personal standard of the new commander of the Eastern Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev, was presented by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in Khabarovsk at the headquarters of the Air Defense Forces.At the solemn ceremony, Army General Dmitry Bulgakov noted that Alexander Aleksandrovich Zhuravlev had proven himself to be an experienced leader and a skilled organizer, who had successively passed all the main command and staff positions to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
- In all assigned areas, he achieved success. Deep specialized knowledge, non-standard thinking, mastery of modern methods of command and control of troops allowed him, commanding a group of troops in the Syrian Arab Republic, to achieve significant success in the fight against international terrorism and transfer his combat experience to the leadership armed forces Syria, - said the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Alexander Alexandrovich Zhuravlev was born in 1965 in the village of Golyshmanovo, Tyumen Region. He graduated from the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School, the Military Academy of the Armored Forces, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2016, he commanded a grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria. Since January 2017 - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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By decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated November 22, 2017, Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, who previously commanded the Air Defense Forces and is currently heading the Russian group of troops in Syria, was appointed to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin was born on October 11, 1966 in Novosibirsk. He graduated from the Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command School, the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze, Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Since June 2004, he commanded the 42nd Guards Division stationed on the territory of the Chechen Republic. Then he commanded the 20th general army. In November 2008, he was appointed head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Since January 2010, he served as chief of staff of the Volga-Urals, and later the Central Military District. Since April 2012, he served in the central office of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In October 2012, he was appointed Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military District. Since October 2013 - Commander of the Air Defense Forces.
It should be noted that it was under the command of Colonel General Sergei Surovikin that the Russian grouping of troops in Syria, in cooperation with the Syrian armed forces, achieved maximum success in the fight against international terrorism, almost destroying its stronghold in this Arab republic.
We add that Hero of Russia Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseev, who previously held the post of Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet, was appointed to the positions of Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,
and Major General Gennady Zhidko, who previously commanded the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District and at one time served as chief of staff of the Russian group of forces in Syria.
Colonel General Vasily Tonkoshkurov, the new chief of the main staff of this type of armed forces, will be responsible for the development of the Ground Forces. This is an experienced officer who has repeatedly participated in hostilities and was awarded four military orders. His former place of service was the head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate (GOMU) of the General Staff.
As the Ministry of Defense told Izvestia, Colonel-General Vasily Tonkoshkurov began to perform the duties of Chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces - First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of this type of troops from the beginning of May.
This position is traditionally considered a career springboard. For example, Hero of Russia Alexei Dyumin, who was appointed to it in 2015, became the governor of the Tula region a year later. Now he is considered a real contender for the post of head of one of the power ministries in the new government.
Vasily Tonkoshkurov from 1983 to 1985 took part in the hostilities in Afghanistan. Was injured. In 2000, he participated in a counter-terrorist operation on the territory of the Chechen Republic. He was awarded two Orders of Courage, the Orders of Military Merit and the Red Star, and the Medal of Military Merit.
The Chief of the General Staff is a key figure in the system of the Ground Forces. It is he who is responsible for their appearance and development, military expert Viktor Murakhovsky told Izvestia.
Today, the main headquarters is primarily responsible for the organizational and staffing structure, - he said. - It is there that decisions are made on the number and armament of motorized rifle and tank units, brigades, divisions and combined arms armies. Partially, General Tonkoshkurov was engaged in this as the head of the GOMU. AT new position he will also have to solve a number of tasks of operational and combat training. Also, the main headquarters determines which weapons systems will be put into service with the Ground Forces. This is the most extensive range military equipment across all branches of the armed forces.
Vasily Tonkoshkurov - graduate of the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms command school. He served in the Group Soviet troops in Germany, then in the Baltic military district. In 1990 he graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze. On the Far East he commanded a motorized rifle regiment, was the deputy commander of the guards motorized rifle division. Since July 2004, he commanded in the North Caucasian Military District motorized rifle division. In June 2008, he was appointed chief of staff of the 41st Army of the Siberian Military District, and in June 2009 he became commander. Since 2013 - Head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff.
For the past two decades, ground forces have been continuously involved in armed conflicts of varying intensity. Therefore, the appointment of an officer with combat experience to this position is a logical decision, military expert Vladislav Shurygin believes.
positive trend recent years in the Ministry of Defense, that officers and generals are appointed to key positions for specific merits in service and combat activities,” he told Izvestia. - At the same time, an officer who commanded in a combat situation is always preferable. He, like no one else, understands what the troops need. Combat experience is all the more important in such a key position as Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces. He is responsible for shaping the appearance of this most numerous and most belligerent type of troops.
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The Ground Forces (SV) is the most numerous branch of the armed forces in terms of combat composition. Consist of motorized rifle, tank troops, missile troops and artillery, air defense SV. In addition, they include special forces: radiation, chemical and biological protection, engineering, communications, electronic warfare and automotive.
This is reported by "Kommersant" with reference to its own sources in the Ministry of Defense. The interlocutors of the publication said that next fall, instead of Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko, Colonel General Alexander Galkin will be appointed head of the Academy of the General Staff, who this moment is an assistant to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Sources noted that Kuralenko will go to work in the command ground forces and will become deputy commander-in-chief of the SV, Colonel-General Oleg Salyukov. No comments have been received from the Ministry of Defense yet.
Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko, 56, has been head of the Military Academy of the General Staff since August 2016. Kuralenko served in Syria, Kommersant sources suggest that " academic work- not quite him.
In addition, since February 2016, Sergei Kuralenko has led the coordination center for the reconciliation of the warring parties that has just opened in Syria (located at the Russian Khmeimim airbase). He also served as the representative of the Russian Federation at the International Information Center in Baghdad, and was also the deputy commander of the Western Military District. In his youth, Kuralenko served in a group of Soviet troops in Germany, the Odessa Military District of the USSR Armed Forces, Transbaikal, North Caucasus, Leningrad, Southern and Western Military Districts of the Russian Armed Forces. In 2006 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff.
Lieutenant General Kuralenko became famous for his loud statements about the United States. For example, in September last year, he hinted at the possibility of an open military conflict: "We should not say that there will be no big war. Only a strong army is able to contain the aggression of any enemy."
Colonel-General Alexander Galkin is 59 years old. He has been Assistant Secretary of Defense since January. "I have no doubt that experience, knowledge and organizational skills will allow Alexander Viktorovich to successfully fulfill his official duties," Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said about him.
In December 2010, Alexander Galkin headed the Southern Military District, which included Russian facilities in Crimea before its annexation, and also included the former Ukrainian military units of the peninsula. Galkin has many awards, including the medal "For the Return of Crimea", received in 2014. At the same time, the European Union included him in the list of persons for whom visa restrictions were introduced. Prior to that, the colonel-general served in the North Caucasus and Siberian military districts. In 2003 he graduated from the Academy of the General Staff.
As Kommersant wrote earlier, the dismissal of Alexander Galkin from the Southern Military District was planned and was associated with a rotation commanders districts. General Galkin has held his post almost since the formation of the military district (the Southern Military District was formed in September 2010), while the command of the other three districts (Western, Central and Eastern) managed to change several times. There were no serious claims from the higher command to the general's activities - on the contrary, the military leaders duly noted his participation in the operation in the Crimea.