Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Главнокомандующий 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 Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev, in office since 15 May 2025.

From 1998 to 2001 the position was briefly called the Chief of the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces.

List of Commanders

† denotes people who died in office.

Red Army (1918–1946)

Commander-in-Chief

Chief of Staff

Chief of the General Staff

Soviet Ground Forces (1946–1992)

Commander-in-Chief

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Russian Ground Forces (1992–present)

Commander-in-Chief

Chief of the Main Directorate

Commander-in-Chief

Deputies and chiefs of staff

First deputy commanders

Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief

• Aleksandr Grinkevich (1981–1990)
• Mikhail Kolesnikov (1990–1991)
• Boris Gromov (1991–1992)
• Yuri Bukreyev (1992–1994)
• Eduard Vorobyov (1994–1995)
• Anatoly Golovnyov (1995–1998)

Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate

• Nikolai Rogozhkin (1998)
• Gennady Kotenko (1998–2001)

Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief

• Aleksandr Morozov (2001–2008)
• Nikolai Bogdanovsky (2008–2009)
• Sergey Skokov (2009–2011)
• unknown
• Sergey Istrakov (2013–2015)
• Aleksey Dyumin (2015)
• Vladimir Popov (2016–2018)
• Vasily Tonkoshkurov (2018–2022)
• Alexei Kim (2022–2023)
• Aleksandr Lapin (2023–2024)
• Rustam Muradov (2024–present)

Deputy commanders

Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces

• unknown
• Vladimir Moltenskoy (2002–2003)
• Vladimir Bulgakov (2003–2006)
• Valery Yevnevich (2006–2009)
• Aleksandr Studenikin (2009–2010)
• unknown
• Alexander Lentsov (2013–2020)
• Aleksandr Matovnikov (2020–present)

Notes

References

Further reading

• 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

• Official Russian Ministry of Defense website