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Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces
Главнокомандующие Сухопутными войсками России
Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces
Incumbent Army General Oleg Salyukov since May 2014
Russian Ground Forces
Member of	General Staff of the Armed Forces
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Appointer	President of Russia
Formation	9 August 1812 (historical) 10 June 1992 (current form)
Website	Official website

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Главнокомандующие Сухопутными войсками России) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Ground Forces . He is appointed by the President of Russia . The position dates to the period of the Russian Empire. The current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces is Army General Oleg Salyukov .

List of Commanders [ edit ]

† denotes people who died in office.

Red Army (1918?1946) [ edit ]

Commander-in-Chief

No.	Portrait	Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		V?cietis, Jukums Komandarm 2nd rank Jukums V?cietis (1873?1938)	6 September 1918	8 July 1919	305 days
2		Kamenev, Sergei Komandarm 1st rank Sergei Kamenev (1881?1936)	8 July 1919	28 April 1924	4 years, 295 days

Chief of Staff

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Frunze, Mikhail Major General Mikhail Frunze (1885?1925)	April 1924	January 1925	9 months
2		Kamenev, Sergei Komandarm 1st rank Sergei Kamenev (1881?1936)	January 1925	November 1925	10 months
3		Tukhachevsky, Mikhail Marshal of the Soviet Union Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893?1937)	November 1925	May 1928	2 years, 6 months
4		Shaposhnikov, Boris Komandarm 1st rank Boris Shaposhnikov (1882?1945)	May 1928	April 1931	2 years, 11 months
5		Triandafillov, Vladimir General Vladimir Triandafillov (1894?1931) [a]	May 1931	12 July 1931 †	2 months
6		Yegorov, Alexander Ilyich Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Ilyich Yegorov (1883?1939)	July 1931	September 1935	4 years, 2 months

Chief of the General Staff

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Yegorov, Alexander Ilyich Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Ilyich Yegorov (1883?1939)	September 1935	10 May 1937	1 year, 8 months
2		Shaposhnikov, Boris Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov (1882?1945)	10 May 1937	August 1940	3 years, 2 months
3		Shaposhnikov, Boris Army General Kirill Meretskov (1897?1968)	August 1940	January 1941	5 months
4		Zhukov, Georgy Army General Georgy Zhukov (1896?1974)	February 1941	29 July 1941	5 months
(2)		Shaposhnikov, Boris Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov (1882?1945)	29 July 1941	11 May 1942	286 days
5		Vasilevsky, Aleksandr Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895?1977)	26 June 1942	February 1945	2 years, 7 months
6		Antonov, Aleksei Army General Aleksei Antonov (1896?1962)	February 1945	22 March 1946	1 year, 1 month

Soviet Ground Forces (1946?1992) [ edit ]

Commander-in-Chief

No.	Portrait	Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Zhukov, Georgy Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (1896?1974)	March 1946	9 June 1946	5 months
2		Konev, Ivan Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897?1973)	1946	1950	3?4 years
Position of commander of ground forces did not exist from 1950?55
2		Konev, Ivan Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897?1973)	1955	1956	0?1 years
3		Malinovsky, Rodion Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky (1898?1967)	March 1956	26 October 1957	1 year
4		Grechko, Andrei Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko (1903?1976)	1957	1960	2?3 years
5		Chuikov, Vasily Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Chuikov (1900?1982)	1960	1964	3?4 years
Position of commander of ground forces did not exist from 1964?67
6		Pavlovsky, Ivan Army General Ivan Pavlovsky (1909?1999)	November 1967	1979	11?12 years
7		Petrov, Vasiliy Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasiliy Petrov (1917?2014)	1980	January 1985	4?5 years
8		Ivanovski, Yevgeni Army General Yevgeni Ivanovski (1918?1991)	5 February 1985	January 1989	3 years
9		Varennikov, Valentin Army General Valentin Varennikov (1923?2009)	5 January 1989	31 August 1991	2 years
10		Semyonov, Vladimir Colonel General Vladimir Semyonov (born 1940)	31 August 1991	August 1992	0 years

Russian Ground Forces (1992?present) [ edit ]

Commander-in-Chief

No.	Portrait	Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Semyonov, Vladimir Army General Vladimir Semyonov (born 1940)	August 1992	April 1997	4 years, 8 months

Chief of the Main Directorate

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Main Directorate	Took office	Left office	Time in office
?		Bukreyev, Yuri Colonel General Yuri Bukreyev (born 1941) Acting	January 1998	9 May 1998	4 months
1		Bukreyev, Yuri Colonel general Yuri Bukreyev (born 1941)	9 May 1998	March 2001	2 years, 9 months

Commander-in-Chief

No.	Portrait	Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Kormiltsev, Nikolai Army General Nikolai Kormiltsev (born 1946)	28 March 2001	October 2004	3 years, 6 months
2		Maslov, Alexey Army General Aleksei Maslov (1953?2022)	5 November 2004	31 July 2008	3 years, 8 months
3		Bondyrev, Vladimir Army General Vladimir Boldyrev (born 1953)	31 July 2008	January 2010	1 year, 5 months
4		Postnikov, Alexander Colonel General Aleksandr Postnikov-Streltsov (born 1953)	11 January 2010	26 April 2012	2 years, 3 months
5		Chirkin, Vladimir Colonel General Vladimir Chirkin (born 1955)	26 April 2012	2 December 2013	1 year, 7 months
?		Istrakov, Sergey Colonel General Sergey Istrakov  [ ru ] (born 1959) Acting	December 2013	March 2014	2 months
6		Salyukov, Oleg Army General Oleg Salyukov (born 1955)	2 March 2014	Incumbent	10 years, 3 months

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

• V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945?91 , Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk , 2004 (for Soviet era list of CGSs).

External links [ edit ]

• Official Russian Ministry of Defense website