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Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces
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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.[1]
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From 1998 to 2001 the position was briefly called the Chief of the Main Directorate of the Ground Forces.
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Red Army (1918–1946)
- Commander-in-Chief
- Chief of Staff
- Chief of the General Staff
Soviet Ground Forces (1946–1992)
- Commander-in-Chief
Russian Ground Forces (1992–present)
- Commander-in-Chief
- Chief of the Main Directorate
- Commander-in-Chief
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Deputies and chiefs of staff
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First deputy commanders
- Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief
- Aleksandr Grinkevich (1981–1990)
- Mikhail Kolesnikov (1990–1991)[2]
- 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)[3]
- Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief
- Aleksandr Morozov (2001–2008)[4]
- Nikolai Bogdanovsky (2008–2009)[5]
- 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)[6][7]
- Vladimir Bulgakov (2003–2006)
- Valery Yevnevich (2006–2009)
- Aleksandr Studenikin (2009–2010)
- unknown
- Alexander Lentsov (2013–2020)
- Aleksandr Matovnikov (2020–present)
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