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)Колесников Михаил Петрович (in Russian). MGIMO Center of Military-Political Studies. 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)Котенко Геннадий (in Russian). MGIMO Center of Military-Political Studies. Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr Morozov (2001–2008)Поручено Сухопутным войскам... (in Russian). 28 December 2001. Krasnaya Zvezda. Nikolai Bogdanovsky (2008–2009)Назначен новый начальник главного штаба Сухопутных войск (in Russian). 11 January 2008. RBK. 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)Молтенской сдает командование ОГВ и переходит в штаб Квашнина (in Russian). 25 September 2002. Lenta.ru.Пути-дороги генерала Молтенского (in Russian). 5 August 2020. Rosniva.ru. 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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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