Ministry Of Defence (Russia)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the
Russian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...
. The President of Russia is the Commander-in-Chief of the forces and directs the activity of the ministry. The Minister of Defence exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the forces. The General Staff of the Armed Forces executes the instructions and orders of the president and the defence minister. The ministry is headquartered in the
General Staff building The General Staff Building (russian: Здание Главного штаба, ''Zdanie Glavnogo Shtaba'') is an edifice with a 580 m long bow-shaped facade, situated on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in front of the Winter Palace. T ...
, built-in 1979–1987 on Arbatskaya Square, near Arbat Street in Moscow. Other buildings of the ministry are located throughout Moscow. The supreme body responsible for the ministry's management and supervision of the Armed Forces and the centralization of the Armed Forces' command is the National Defense Management Center, located in the Main Building of the Ministry of Defense, built in the 1940s on Frunzenskaya Embankment. The current Minister of Defence is Andrey Belousov (since 14 May 2024).


History

The U.S.
Library of Congress Country Studies The Country Studies are works published by the Federal Research Division of the United States Library of Congress, freely available for use by researchers. No copyright is claimed on them. Therefore, they have been dedicated to the public domain a ...
' volume for Russia said in July 1996 that: On 18 May 1992, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin appointed General of the Army Pavel Grachev to the post of Minister of Defence. Despite intense criticism of Grachev's management of the
First Chechen War The First Chechen War, also known as the First Chechen Campaign,, rmed conflict in the Chechen Republic and on bordering territories of the Russian FederationФедеральный закон № 5-ФЗ от 12 января 1995 (в реда ...
and the Russian military establishment in general, Yeltsin retained Grachev till 18 June 1996. The new minister of defence became General of the Army Igor Rodionov, who subsequently was substituted by Marshal of the Russian Federation Igor Sergeyev. In March 2001, Sergei Ivanov, previously secretary of the Security Council of Russia, was appointed defence minister by President Vladimir Putin, becoming Russia's first non-uniformed civilian defence minister. Putin called the personnel changes in Russia's security structures coinciding with Ivanov's appointment as defence minister "a step toward demilitarizing public life." Putin also stressed Ivanov's responsibility for overseeing military reform as defence minister. What Putin did not emphasise was Ivanov's long service within the KGB and FSB and his then rank of General-Lieutenant within the FSB. Such military and security agency-associated men are known as siloviki. As of 2002, there were four living Marshals of the Soviet Union. Such men are automatically Advisors to the Defence Minister. The Marshals alive at that time were Viktor Kulikov, Vasily Petrov, Sergei Sokolov, a former Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union, and Dmitri Yazov. Yazov was listed by the American analysts Scott and Scott in 2002 as a consultant to the (formerly 10th) Directorate for International Military Cooperation. Perhaps the first 'real' non-uniformed Defence Minister was
Anatoly Serdyukov Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov (russian: Анатолий Эдуардович Сердюков; born 8 January 1962) is a Russian politician and businessman. He was Russia's Minister of Defense from 15 February 2007 to 6 November 2012, and made ...
, appointed in February 2007. Serdyukov was a former Tax Minister with little siloviki or military associations beyond his two years of military service. Serdyukov launched the military reform in 2008. On 19 August 2010, Serdyukov appointed Tatyana Shevtsova as his deputy. As of that date, more than 50 women had been appointed by Serdyukov, and mainly in the tax accountant profession. In 2012, he was substituted by General of the Army
Sergey Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...
, who held at that moment the position of the Minister of Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief. In May 2024 simultaneous with the Fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin on the 14th,
Sergey Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...
was released from duty and several of his staff were investigated for corruption or other misdeeds: Yuri Vasilievich Kuznetsov, Timur Ivanov, Ruslan Tsalikov, as well as Vadim Shamarin, Ivan Ivanovich Popov, Vladimir Verteletsky, and
Sukhrab Akhmedov Sukhrab Akhmedov (born 1974) is an officer in the Russian Armed Forces. He held the rank of major general and commanded the 20th Combined Arms Army until May 2024. Personal life and education Akhmedov was born on 1974 in Grozny, in the Chechen ...
. On 17 June 2024, it was noted that four deputy defence ministers, Nikolay Pankov, Ruslan Tsalikov, Tatiana Shevtsova and Pavel Popov, had been sacked for
nepotism Nepotism is an advantage, privilege, or position that is granted to relatives and friends in an occupation or field. These fields may include but are not limited to, business, politics, academia, entertainment, sports, fitness, religion, an ...
that had entered the Ministry. Russian energy minister
Sergey Tsivilyov Sergey Yevgenyevich Tsivilyov (russian: Сергей Евгеньевич Цивилёв; born 21 September 1961), is a Ukrainian-born Russian statesman, politician, economist and former military officer who is currently serving as the 3rd Governor ...
's wife, Anna Tsivileva, the daughter of a cousin of the President, was appointed deputy defence minister. Her responsibilities include improving social and housing support for military personnel. Leonid Gornin, previously the first deputy finance minister, was appointed as the first deputy defence minister. Other personnel changes included
Oleg Savelyev Oleg Genrikhovich Savelyev (Russian: Олег Генрихович Савельев, born 27 October 1965) is a Russian politician. He served as Minister for Crimean Affairs (31 March 2014 – 15 June 2015) and as Deputy Minister of Economic De ...
and the son of former Prime Minister
Mikhail Fradkov Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov ( rus, Михаи́л Ефи́мович Фрадко́в, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ frɐtˈkof; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An In ...
. Pavel Fradkov would oversee the management of property, land and construction relating to the military. Other reports had Tsivileva as Putin's niece. On 18 July it was revealed that Lt Gen Shamarin had been formally dismissed from his post because he had accepted bribes from a supplier. He had been serving as deputy chief of the army’s general staff overseeing the signals corps and military communications. On 24 July the Deputy Chief of the Satellite Communications Center for Strategic Nuclear Missile Forces Andrei Torgashev was apparently victimized at his residence by a car bomb.


Structure

The Ministry of Defence is managed by a collegium chaired by the Defence Minister and including the deputy Defence Ministers, heads of the Main Defence Ministry and General Staff Directorates, the commanders of the Joint Strategic Commands/Military Districts, the three Services, and three branches, who together form the principal staff and advisory board of the Minister of Defence. The executive body of the Ministry of Defence is the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which is headed by the Chief of the General Staff. U.S. expert William Odom said in 1998 that "the Soviet General Staff without the MoD is conceivable, but the MoD without the General Staff is not." Russian General Staff officers exercise command authority in their own right. In 1996 the General Staff included fifteen main directorates and an undetermined number of operating agencies. The staff is organized by functions, with each directorate and operating agency overseeing a functional area, generally indicated by the organization's title. ''Military Thought'' is the military-theoretical journal of the Ministry of Defence, and '' Krasnaya Zvezda'' is its daily newspaper.


Structure in 2024

Senior staff in 2024 included:RF MOD website www.mil.ru accessed 18 August 2019. ;Minister of Defence: * Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
Andrey Belousov (since 14 May 2024) ;First Deputy Minister(s) of Defence: * Chief of the General Staff – First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – General of the Army Valery Gerasimov (since 9 November 2012) * First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
(since 17 June 2024) ;Deputy Minister(s) of Defence: * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Material-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) – Lieutenant General (since 11 March 2024) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Financial Support for the Armed Forces) –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
Anna Tsivilyova (since 17 June 2024) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Supervisor of the Apparatus of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
Oleg Savelyev Oleg Genrikhovich Savelyev (Russian: Олег Генрихович Савельев, born 27 October 1965) is a Russian politician. He served as Minister for Crimean Affairs (31 March 2014 – 15 June 2015) and as Deputy Minister of Economic De ...
(since 20 May 2024) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for the Development of the Technical Basis for the Management System and Information Technology) –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
Pavel Fradkov (since 17 June 2024) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising International Military and Military-Technical Cooperation) –
Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
Alexander Fomin Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin (russian: Александр Васильевич Фомин, born May 25, 1959) is the Russian Deputy Minister of Defence. Biography Alexander Fomin was born on May 25, 1959, in Leninogorsk. He attended the Mil ...
(since 31 January 2017) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Military-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
(since 13 June 2018) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Combat Training) –
Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
Yunus-bek Yevkurov (since 8 July 2019) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Chief of the Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces
Colonel general Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
Viktor Goremykin (since 28 July 2022)


Structure in 2021

Senior staff in 2021 included:RF MOD website www.mil.ru accessed 18 August 2019. ;Minister of Defence: * Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – General of the Army Sergei Shoigu (since 6 November 2012) ;First Deputy Minister(s) of Defence: * Chief of the General Staff – First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – General of the Army Valery Gerasimov (since 9 November 2012) * First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
Ruslan Tsalikov (since 24 December 2015) ;Deputy Minister(s) of Defence: * State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
and General of the Army of reserve Nikolay Pankov (since 13 September 2005) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Material-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) –
Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
Mikhail Mizintsev (since 24 September 2022) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Financial Support for the Armed Forces) –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
Tatiana Shevtsova (since 4 August 2010) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Supervisor of the Apparatus of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation –
Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
Yuriy Sadovenko (since 7 January 2013) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for the Development of the Technical Basis for the Management System and Information Technology) – General of the Army Pavel Popov (since 7 November 2013) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Property Management, Quartering of Troops (Forces), Housing, and Medical Support for the Armed Forces) –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
Timur Ivanov (since 23 May 2016) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising International Military and Military-Technical Cooperation) –
Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
Alexander Fomin Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin (russian: Александр Васильевич Фомин, born May 25, 1959) is the Russian Deputy Minister of Defence. Biography Alexander Fomin was born on May 25, 1959, in Leninogorsk. He attended the Mil ...
(since 31 January 2017) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Organising Military-Technical Support for the Armed Forces) –
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (russian: действительный государственный советник Российской Федерации 1 класса) is the highest federal state civilian servic ...
(since 13 June 2018) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (Responsible for Combat Training) –
Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (since 8 July 2019) * Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Chief of the Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces
Colonel general Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...
(since 28 July 2022)


Organization in 2012

Entities directly subordinated to the Minister of Defence in August 2012 included: * MOD Press Service and Information Directorate * MOD Physical Training Directorate * MOD Financial Auditing Inspectorate * MOD Main Military Medical Directorate * MOD State Order Placement Department * MOD Property Relations Department * Expert Center of the MOD Staff * MOD Administration Directorate * MOD State Defence Order Facilitation Department * MOD Department of the State Customer for Capital Construction * MOD State Architectural-Construction Oversight Department * MOD Sanatoria-resort Support Department * MOD Housekeeping Directorate * MOD State Review/Study Group * MOD Educational Department * MOD Legal Department * MOD Organizational-inspection Department * MOD Personnel Inspectorate * MOD Military Inspectorate * MOD State Technical Oversight Directorate * MOD Aviation Flight Safety Service * MOD Nuclear and Radiation Safety Oversight Directorate * MOD Autotransport Directorate * MOD Staff Protocol Department * MOD Armed Force Weapons Turnover Oversight Service * MOD Main Military Police Directorate The Office of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defence was established in 2008, consisting of around thirty retired senior officers. The main task of the office is "to promote the organization of combat and operational training of troops, the construction and further development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the development of the theory and history of military art, and the education of personnel." It is the successor to the Soviet Armed Forces's Group of Inspectors General, which was dissolved in 1992.


Outline structure 2004

An outline structure of the Ministry of Defence includes the groupings below, but this structure was in transition when it was recorded in 2004, with several deputy minister posts being abolished: *Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation *Federal Service for the Defence Order *Federal Service for Technical and Export Control *Federal Special Construction Agency of the MOD *11th Directorate of the MOD (function unclear) * 12th Main Directorate of the MOD (nuclear weapons) *16th Directorate of the MOD (function unclear) *Hydrometeorological Service of the Armed Forces *Military Inspectorate *Directorate of Information and Public Relations *1st Separate Brigade of Protection of the MOD *Archives of the Armed Forces (see also Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence) *State Corporation for Air Traffic Control *Central Theater of the Russian Army *All-Russian Centre for Retraining Officers * General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation **Directorates, departments, etc. ** Russian Ground Forces **
Russian Air Force " Air March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 12 August , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , bat ...
** Russian Navy ** Strategic Rocket Forces ** Russian Airborne Troops ** Russian Space Forces *First Deputy Minister of Defence **Main Directorate for Combat Training of the Armed Forces **Directorate of Force Management and Security of Military Service *Army General Nikolay Pankov, State Secretary – Deputy Min. of DefenceState Secretary, Deputy Minister of Defence
, Russian Ministry of Defence, accessed May 2008.
**Liaison with Political Power Institutions ** ainDirectorate for Indoctrination olitical Work, Morale** ainDirectorate for International Military Cooperation **Directorate for Military Education of the Ministry of Defence **Directorate of Foreign Relations **Directorate of Force Management & Security of Military Service **Directorate of Ecology & Special Means of Protection Min Def RF **Press Service of the Ministry of Defence **Flight Safety Service of Aviation of the Armed Forces RF *Deputy Minister of Defence – Chief of Rear of the Armed Forces **Military medical, trade, transportation, food, clothing, etc. *Deputy Minister of Defence – Chief of Armaments of the Armed Forces **Test ranges, study centres,
Military research institutes A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
etc. **
GRAU The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the ...
** Main Automotive-Armoured Tank Directorate of the MOD (GABTU) **Autobase of Ministry of Defence **Military Registry **Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosoboronexport **Military Industrial Council *Deputy Minister of Defence – Chief of Construction and Billeting Service **Main Military Construction Directorate **Main Quarters Exploitation Directorate **other Directorates, departments etc. *Lyubov Kudelina , Deputy Minister of Defence for Financial-Economic Work **Financial-Economic Section of the MOD **Directorate of Military-Economic Analysis and Expertise **Financial Inspectorate of the MOD **Federation of Trade Unions for Civilian Workers of the Armed Forces *Deputy Minister of Defence – Chief of the Main Department of Cadres ersonnel**military schools, military academies, etc.


See also

*
Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation #REDIRECT Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation {{R from other capitalisation ...


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Defence (Russia) Defence
Defence Minister A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
Russia Military of Russia Defence, Ministry of Russian and Soviet military-related lists 1992 establishments in Russia