2008 Russian Military Reform
The 2008 Russian military reform (), often referred to as the Serdyukov reform () after its originator, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, was a major structural reorganisation of the Russian Armed Forces that began in 2009. Significant reforms of the Russian military were announced in October 2008 under Serdyukov and structural reorganisation began in early 2009. The aims of the reform were to reorganise the structure and the chain of command in the Russian Army and to reduce it in size. Elements of the reforms announced in October 2008 included: * reducing the armed forces to a strength of one million by 2012; * reducing the number of officers; * centralising officer training from 65 military schools into 10 'systemic' military training centres; * creating a professional Non-commissioned officer, NCO corps; * reducing the size of the central command; * introducing more civilian logistics and auxiliary staff; * elimination of cadre-strength formations; * reorganising the reserve ...
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