Army general (Russia)
Army general (Russian: генерал армии, general armii) is the second highest military rank in Russia, inferior only to a marshal and superior to a colonel general. It is a direct counterpart of the Soviet Army General rank.
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Country | Soviet Union (1940–1991) Russia |
Service branch | Russian Armed Forces |
Rank | Four-star rank |
NATO rank code | OF-9 |
Formation | 1940 |
Next higher rank | Marshal of the Russian Federation |
Next lower rank | Colonel general |
Equivalent ranks | Admiral of the fleet (Navy) |
At present it is also the highest rank in the air force, artillery, aerospace defense forces, armored troops, engineer troops and signal troops. Unlike the Soviet Union where similarly ranked officers were called marshals and chief marshals of a branch. The corresponding naval rank is admiral of the fleet.
On appointment as Defense Minister on 7 May 1992, Pavel Grachev was the first officer to be promoted to this rank. Vladimir Yakovlev was promoted to this grade while serving as commander of the Strategic Missile Forces (1997–2001).
Rank insignia
Since 2013 rank insignia is one big star and army emblem on straps which was used also till 1997, like in Soviet Army since 1974. Between 1997 and 2013 the rank insignia was 4 stars in a row, like in the Soviet Union from 1943 to 1974.
Until 1997 generals wore a "small" marshal's star. But when in 1993 ranks of chief marshal and marshal of the branch in Russian Federation were abolished, there was no more reason for special rank insignia for generals. By the President's decree of January 27, 1997 generals regained 1943-like straps with 4 stars in a row.
Parade uniform (1992–97) Service uniform (1994–97) ... Air Force (1994–97) Service uniform (2010–13) ... Air Force (2010–13) Parade uniform (2017–present)
(Mandarin collar)Parade uniform (2013-2017)
(Turned-Down Collar)Field uniform (2013–present)
List of Russian army generals
This list is translated from the corresponding article in Russian Language Wikipedia[1]
Name | Lifespan | date of appointment | post at time of appointment | left military service |
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Pavel Grachev | 1948 - 2012 | 7 May 1992 | 1st Deputy Minister of Defence | 2007 |
Viktor Barannikov | 1940-1995 | 7 May 1992 | Minister of Security RF | 1993 |
Viktor Dubynin | 1943-1992 | 5 October 1992 | Chief of the General Staff | died in service 1992 |
Mikhail Kolesnikov | 1939-2007 | 5 May 1995 | Chief of the General Staff | 2004 |
Mikhail Barsukov | born 1947 | 9 November 1995 | Director FSB | 1997 |
Anatoly Kulikov | born 1946 | 9 November 1995 | Minister of Internal Affairs | 1998 |
Andrey Ivanovich Nikolayev | born 1949 | 17 November 1995 | Director Federal Border Service | 1998 |
Viktor Samsonov | born 1941 | 25 January 1996 | Chief of Staff at the Military Cooperation Headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States | 1999 |
Vladimir Toparov | born 1946 | 22 February 1996 | Deputy Minister of Defence | 2002 |
Pyotr Deynekin | 1937-2017 | 13 June 1996 | Commander of the Air Force (VVS) | 1998 |
Viktor Prudnikov | 1939-2015 | 13 June 1996 | Commander of the Air Defence Forces (PVO) | 2004 |
Vladimir Semyonov | born 1940 | 13 June 1996 | Commander of the Ground Forces | 2004 |
Igor Sergeyev | 1938 -2006 | 13 June 1996 | Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces | 2001 |
Igor Rodionov | 1936 - 2014 | 4 October 1996 | Minister of Defence | 1996 |
Anatoly Kvashnin | born 1946 | 25 November 1997 | Chief of the General Staff | 2004 |
Vyacheslav Trubnikov | born 1944 | 22 January 1998 | Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) | 2000 |
Nikolay Kovalyov | born 1949 | 23 February 1998 | Director FSB | 1998 |
Aleksandr Starovoitov | born 1940 | 23 February 1998 | Director of FAPSI | 1999 |
Viktor Kazantsev | born 1946 | 21 February 2000 | Commander of the North Caucasus Military District | 2000 |
Anatoly Kornukov | 1942 - 2014 | 21 February 2000 | Commander of the Air Force | 2002 |
Vladimir Yakovlev | born 1954 | 27 June 2000 | Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces | 2004 |
Nikolai Patrushev | born 1951 | 11 June 2001 | Director FSB | 2008 |
Vladimir Isakov | born 1950 | 22 February 2002 | commander of the Rear of the Russian Armed Forces | 2008 |
Aleksandr Kosovan | born 1941 | 22 February 2002 | deputy Minister of Defence | 2003 |
Vyacheslav Tikhomirov | 1945 - 2014 | 6 November 2002 | commander of the Internal Troops | 2004 |
Valentn Bobryshev | born 1945 | 21 February 2003 | commander of the Leningrad Military District | 2005 |
Yuri Yakubov | born 1946 | 21 February 2003 | commander of the Far Eastern Military District | 2006 |
Konstanin Totskiy | born 1950 | 23 February 2003 | director of the Border Service | 2003 |
Vladimir Matyukhin | born 1945 | 11 March 2003 | director of FAPSI | 2004 |
Sergey Shoygu | born 1955 | 7 May 2003 | Minister of Civil Defence | in service |
Nikolai Abroskin | born 1951 | 11 June 2003 | Chief of the Federal special construction service | 2010 |
Valentin Korabelnikov | born 1946 | 11 June 2003 | Head of the GRU | 2009 |
Nikolai Kormiltsev | born 1946 | 11 June 2003 | commander of the Ground Forces | 2004 |
Sergey Lebedev | born 1948 | 2003 | director of the SVR | 2007 |
Ivan Yefremov | born 1946 | 22 February 2004 | commander of the Moscow Military District | 2007 |
Vladimir Sergeyevich Mikhaylov | born 1943 | 22 February 2004 | commander of the Air Force | 2007 |
Alexander Ivanovich Baranov | born 1946 | 12 June 2004 | commander of the Volga-Urals Military District | 2008 |
Alexei Moskovsky | born 1947 | 12 June 2004 | Deputy Minister of Defence | 2007 |
Nikolai Pankov | born 1954 | 12 June 2004 | head of personnel at the Ministry of Defence | 2009 |
Evgeny Murov | born 1945 | 2004 | director of the Federal Protective Service | 2010 |
Yuri Baluyevsky | born 1947 | 22 February 2005 | Chief of the General Staff | 2008 |
Nikolay Yegorovich Makarov | born 1952 | 8 May 2005 | commander of the Siberian Military District | 2012 |
Vladimir Pronichev | born 1953 | 9 May 2005 | head of the Border Guard | 2013 |
Igor Puzanov | born 1947 | 12 December 2005 | commander of the Leningrad Military District | 2007 |
Sergei Mikhailovich Smirnov | born 1950 | December 2005 | 1st deputy director FSB | in service |
Rashid Nurgaliyev | born 1956 | 27 December 2005 | Minister of Internal Affairs | 2012 |
Anatoly Grebniuk | born 1955 | 12 June 2006 | Head of the Billeting and Arrangement Service of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | 2007 |
Aleksandr Belousov | born 1952 | 15 December 2006 | 1st Deputy Minister of Defence | 2009 |
Alexey Maslov | born 1953 | 15 December 2006 | commander of the Ground Forces | 2011 |
Alexander Bortnikov | born 1951 | December 2006 | head of the economic security division of the FSB | in service |
Oleg Syromolotov | born 1953 | December 2006 | head of counter intelligence of the FSB | 2015 |
Vladimir Bakin | born 1953 | 23 February 2007 | commander of the Moscow Military District | 2009 |
Nikolai Rogozhkin | born 1952 | 23 February 2007 | commander of the Internal Troops | 2014 |
Vladimir Popovkin | 1957 -2014 | 22 February 2009 | Chief of procurement of the armed forces | 2011 |
Nikolai Klimashin | born 1952 | ? | head of the scientific & technical service of the FSB | 2010 |
Ruslan Tsalikov | born 1956 | ? | Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation | in service |
Dmitry Bulgakov | born 1954 | 23 February 2011 | Deputy Minister of Defence | in service |
Valery Gerasimov | born 1955 | 21 February 2013 | Chief of the General Staff | in service |
Arkady Bakhin | born 1956 | 21 February 2013 | 1st Deputy Minister of Defence | 2015 |
Yuri Yakovlev | born 1952 | ? | head of the economic security division of the FSB | 2016 |
Vladimir Kulishov | born 1957 | ? | 1st deputy director FSB | in service |
Viktor Zolotov | born 1954 | 10 November 2015 | commander of the Internal Troops | in service |
Pavel Popov | born 1957 | 11 December 2015 | deputy Minister of Defence | in service |
Oleg Salyukov | born 1955 | 22 February 2019 | commander of the Russian Ground Forces | in Service |
Aleksandr Dvornikov | born 1961 | 23 June 2020 | commander of the Southern Military District | In Service |