Defense support in each country is provided by the Armed Forces. For the clear and timely fulfillment of legal duties, the military organization in our country has formed structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The armed forces were created to defend their national interests in the world and to localize military threats from outside.
The RF Armed Forces are also involved in events that are mainly not related to them, for example:
- together with the police, fight against organized crime groups;
- maintain the general security of the CIS countries;
- to conduct peacekeeping missions.
Our Armed Forces are formed by: central military command bodies, associations, formations, military units, and organizations attached to the troops.
Composition and structure of the RF Armed Forces in 2019
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief is the President of the Russian Federation.
In accordance with his duties under the Constitution, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the RF Armed Forces is responsible for managing the mechanism for maintaining the Armed Forces in combat readiness in order to neutralize threats to national security. Prepares to prevent potential future attacks.
Central governing bodies: the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff, departments that have their own functions, subordinate to the corresponding Deputy Ministers of Defense or the Minister of Defense himself. The central governing bodies include the Commanders-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Structure and composition of branches and branches of the Russian Army
The organization of the RF Armed Forces represents 3 types of Russian troops, 3 separate types of troops, Logistics, as well as the Quartering Service, which is not represented as a branch of the Armed Forces.
The structure of the Russian Armed Forces was also created based on territorial affiliation.
Geographically, our country is divided into 4 military districts:
- Western Military District - Western Military District,
- eastern military district - VVO,
- central military district - Central Military District,
- southern military district - Southern Military District.
Structure of the branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
In the Russian Federation, the legislation provides for three types of Armed Forces in areas of action on land, on water and in the air:
Ground troops
The ground forces now have the largest number of military personnel among the branches of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary area of action is to carry out offensive activity, in the form of eliminating the opposing side, with further liberation and preservation of positions, and repulse attacking large landing forces. Conducting artillery and missile fire at a considerable distance.
The ground forces include types of troops that are ready to solve problems on an individual or group basis:
Motorized rifle troops
Motorized Rifle Troops have the largest numbers among the branches of the Army belonging to the Ground Forces.
In terms of technical equipment, motorized rifle troops are currently equipped with armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, and are able to support the fastest possible movement of infantry groups. It is also possible to include, in addition to motorized rifle troops, tank, artillery and other units. With the participation of tank formations, they are capable of solving certain tasks: during defense - holding occupied areas, repelling attacks of the opposing side, and destroying attacking groups.
In offensive breakthroughs (counter-offensive) - overcoming (breakthrough) the defended lines, defeating opposing units, capturing the required heights, pursuing the retreating. It is possible to deploy oncoming battles together with naval and tactical airborne groups.
Tank forces
Tank troops play the role of the dominant strike force, which is characterized by increased cross-country ability and maneuverability. They are resistant to nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction. Thanks to their technical equipment, tank forces are able to carry out a breakthrough and develop a successful course of events in the battle, which is their main task.
Often capable of carrying out missions with the involvement of motorized rifle units. In defensive duties, they provide support for motorized rifle groups when parrying the offensive movements of the attacking side and carry out counterattack maneuvers. Armored tank troops (ATV) can be replenished with: artillery, motorized rifles, and missile launchers.
Rocket Forces and Artillery
Their primary goal is to deliver a nuclear fire strike to the opposing side. Equipped with rocket and cannon artillery. Rocket and artillery troops are armed with howitzer, rocket, anti-tank artillery, and mortars.
Purposes:
- in suppressing opposing groups with fire;
- neutralization of their nuclear attack weapons, manpower, specialized and military equipment;
- in carrying out disorganization measures against the opposing side.
Air defense troops
Air defense troops are required to cover their units from enemy air attacks when carrying out combined arms operations and marches.
Their main tasks are:
- regular combat duty during air defense;
- detecting air attacks and notifying their protected units;
- neutralization of attacks during departure;
- performing missile defense at battle sites.
The organization of these troops consists of: military administration bodies, command headquarters, anti-aircraft missile (missile and artillery) and radio engineering units.
Intelligence and military formations and units are special forces with a wide range of tasks. Their goal is to provide the command headquarters with information about the movements of the opposing side, the characteristics of the surrounding territories, and weather conditions. This is necessary for management to make an extremely informed decision and prevent unexpected breakthroughs by the opposing side.
Combined arms formations and special troops are involved in reconnaissance operations.
Along with combined arms operations, these formations and units are called upon to perform certain tasks:
- revealing the opposing side's intentions about an upcoming attack and preventing such surprise;
- determination of the number in the units of the opposing side and the scheme of its leadership;
- detection of target points for elimination.
Corps of Engineers
Performing more complex engineering support tasks required by combined arms operations. These military formations require specialized training and mastery of engineering weapons.
Along with general military tasks, the IWs are prepared to solve certain problems:
- conduct engineering exploration of adjacent territories;
- work on the construction of shelters and buildings for advanced and auxiliary formations;
- work on constructing barriers, mining;
- actions for demining the area;
- maintaining military roads in working condition;
- construction and maintenance of water crossings;
- supply of clean water;
- performing camouflage.
RKhBZ - troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection
- based on its name, the mission of these troops is very important work to reduce the impact of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination in combat conditions.
The primary tasks of these troops are as follows:
- actions to identify the extent of infection;
- protective actions for other combat units;
- camouflage actions;
- neutralization of infections.
Signal Corps
Work is underway to install communication systems for troop leadership. Responsibilities include support of automated systems and command point tools.
Aerospace Forces
This is the newest branch of the Russian Armed Forces, which includes the Air Force (Air Force) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
VKS are made up of:
The Air Force, representing a branch of the military, has as its mission:
- countering air attacks;
- elimination of opposing forces using conventional or nuclear means of attack;
- air support for the army.
Space Forces are called upon to perform a wide range of duties:
- are engaged in monitoring threats from the space sector and repelling them;
- launch spacecraft;
- engaged in satellite tracking;
- are engaged in monitoring and maintaining the combat capability of satellites.
Navy
This branch of the Russian Armed Forces performs the protective functions of our state in the sea and ocean zones.
The fleet is capable of carrying out nuclear strikes on enemy land and sea positions, escorting civilian ships, assisting ground operations, and performing landings.
The Navy includes:
Surface forces They are engaged in covering underwater vessels, transporting troops, insuring them, and also in mining and demining.
Submarine forces possess nuclear-powered strategic and multi-purpose submarines. Their tasks include:
- destruction of military points of the opposing side on the ground;
- liquidation of underwater and surface vessels;
- reconnaissance activities;
- landing of special groups on enemy territory;
- mining.
Naval aviation
This branch of troops is intended for:
- search and liquidation of enemy military maritime objects (convoys, ships, bases);
- protecting their ships from air threats;
- elimination of opposing aircraft;
- reconnaissance activities;
- indicating the right direction for their advanced units.
Coastal troops of the Russian Navy
Areas of their action:
- are engaged in covering their units and the population in coastal areas;
- protect naval bases;
- are engaged in landing;
- joint operations with ground units in countering landing groups of the opposing side;
- engaged in the liquidation of enemy ships, boats, and transport facilities.
Structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, types of troops
Also, in addition to types of troops, there are types of troops in the Russian Army and their structure will be presented below.
- included in the ground strategic nuclear forces (SNF), maintaining combat readiness on a permanent basis.
Responsibilities in preventing a probable nuclear attack and launching nuclear attacks on the opposing side.
- assigned to the reserve of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. They carry out air coverage of opposing forces and carry out combat raids on enemy rear territory, neutralizing landing forces and other enemy groups.
Home Front Troops
Rear - deals with supplying the army, maintaining a decent livelihood. Peacetime tasks cannot be of a training nature, because in peacetime and wartime a full supply of troops is needed. This refers to the delivery of food, medical supplies, clothing, shoes, technical devices, and ammunition.
Troops not included in the types and branches of troops
At the provided structures of the RF Armed Forces Our country has everything it needs regarding defensive, security functions, and protection of its population.
Russia is completing its military operation in Syria. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with SAR leader Bashar al-Assad. The President of the Russian Federation expressed gratitude to the Russian military personnel who performed combat missions in Syria. Along with the withdrawal of the Russian military group from Syria, generals from the Far Eastern Federal District who took part in the Syrian operation are returning home to permanent deployment points on the territory of the Russian Federation. For them, the military campaign in the Syrian Arab Republic became a kind of springboard in their career. All the generals sent from the Far Eastern Federal District received new assignments, however, unfortunately, one of them - Lieutenant General of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Asapov - died tragically. PrimaMedia news agency will tell you about each one in its selection.
The new commander of the Eastern Military District, Lieutenant General Alexander Zhuravlev. Photo: official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense
New commander of the Air Military District
Alexander Alexandrovich Zhuravlev
Rank: Colonel General
Reference: (In 1986 he graduated from the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School, in 1996 - the Military Academy of Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky, in 2008 - the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He served in the Central Group of Forces. After graduating from the Military Academy of Armored Forces in 1996, he served in the Far Eastern Military District, where he rose from the chief of staff of a tank regiment to the commander of a motorized rifle division. In 2008, he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Then he served as deputy commander of the combined arms army. North Caucasus Military District. In June 2010, he was appointed commander of the combined arms army of the Volga-Ural Military District. In December 2013, he was appointed to the post of deputy commander of the Central Military District. Since May 2015, he has been chief of staff and first deputy commander of the Southern Military District. .
Since the beginning of Russia’s military operation in Syria in September 2015, Alexander Zhuravlev has been appointed chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Syrian Arab Republic. In September 2016, the general led the group. He remained in this position until December 2016.
During his command, the Russian Aerospace Forces took an active part in the attack on Aleppo in September-November 2016, but on December 11, 2016, terrorists occupied the previously liberated Palmyra and continued their offensive against Syrian government troops.
A business trip to the Middle East had a beneficial effect on the general’s promotion.
Since January 2017, Zhuravlev has been Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On February 22, 2017, he was awarded the military rank of Colonel General. Since September 2017 - acting commander of the Eastern Military District.
By decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 22, 2017, he was appointed commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District.
Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin. Photo: SakhalinMedia.ru
Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces
Sergey VladimirovichSurovikin
Rank: Colonel General
Reference: (From November 2008 to January 2010 - Head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces; from January to December 2010 - Chief of Staff of the Volga-Ural Military District (Ekaterinburg); from December 2010 to April 2012 - Chief of Staff Center al military district (Ekaterinburg). In 2012, he led the working group of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the creation of military police with the further prospect of appointment to the post of head of the Main Directorate of Military Police; from October 2012 to October 2013 - 1st Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military District - Chief of Staff. (city of Khabarovsk). In October 2013, he was appointed commander of the Eastern Military District. In November 2017, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation.
The military campaign in Syria has become an excellent springboard for career advancement for many senior military officials. Perhaps the most notable representative of the Eastern Military District is Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, who arrived in Syria in March 2017 as commander of the Eastern Military District. Already in November 2017, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation, becoming the first combined arms general to lead this type of force. It was Surovikin who reported to Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin on December 11 what specific weapons and in what quantities were being withdrawn from Syria.
However, according to open sources, the future Colonel General Surovikin was involved in a scandal in the fall of 1995, during his studies at the Frunze Military Academy. The Moscow Military Court found him guilty of allegedly assisting in the acquisition and sale of firearms and ammunition. He was also charged with carrying a weapon without the required permit. The military man received a suspended sentence of one year. After some time, the court realized that the young officer had been framed. As a result, the charges against him were dropped and his criminal record was sealed. An official apology was also made to the Colonel General.
Commander of the Central Military District Alexander Lapin (right). Photo: official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense
Commander of the Central Military District
Alexander PavlovichLapin
Rank: Lieutenant General
Reference: (From 2003 to 2006 - commander of the 205th separate motorized rifle Cossack brigade (major general). From 2006 to 2007 - commander of the 20th guards motorized rifle Carpathian-Berlin division. In 2009 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation After graduating from the academy, he was deputy commander of the 58th Army. From April 2012 to July 2014, he was commander of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army. In 2014, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general. From 2014 to 2017, he was chief of staff and first deputy commander. troops of the Eastern Military District).
He was sent to Syria together with Sergei Surovikin in March 2017, where he was the chief of staff of a group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces. In September 2017, he was appointed head of the Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Armed Forces. He went to the Syrian Arab Republic as first deputy commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District, and returned commander of the troops of the Central Military District- the largest in Russia.
He worked closely with General Surovikin, and in 2014 he was appointed to the position of chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Eastern Military District. Both served in the North Caucasus and took part in the Chechen wars. Both served in the 20th Army, where at different times Surovikin was deputy commander, and Lapin commanded it. Later they served together in the Eastern District and in Syria. In his interviews, Alexander Lapin said that hazing in the military unit where he served in military service encouraged him to become an officer. “They beat me, but I thought: I will become an officer and will devote my whole life so that there is no hazing in the army,” Lapin said in an interview with journalists.
Following the results of the Syrian business trip, on November 22, 2017, the president appointed General Lapin to the post of commander of the troops of the Central Military District. He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (with swords), the Order of Military Merit, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree and other awards.
The commander of the Ussuri 5th Army, Lieutenant General of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Asapov, died. Photo: press service of the Duma UGO
Heroic death
Valery GrigorievichAsapov
Reference: ( From 2007 to 2011 - commander of the 18th Machine-Gun Artillery Division stationed on the Kuril Islands. From September 5, 2011 to October 1, 2012, he represented the Russian Armed Forces at three important international exercises, the joint anti-terrorist Mongolian-Russian exercise Selenga-2011, the Russian-Indian exercise Indra-2012 and the Russian-Mongolian exercise Selenga-2012 ". In 2013, on the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded him the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. The last position was commander of the 5th Red Banner Combined Arms Army. He was 51 years old).
The commander of the Ussuri 5th Army, Lieutenant General of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Asapov, died during a mortar attack by ISIS terrorists (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) in Syria in the province of Deir ez-Zor on September 23. He was presented for the award posthumously.
Valery Asapov was a senior military adviser to the Russian Federation and helped Syrian commanders in managing the operation to liberate Deir ez-Zor.
Before his trip to Syria, Valery Asapov was the commander of the 5th Red Banner Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District (Ussuriysk, Primorsky Territory) in 2016–2017. He had combat experience (two campaigns in Chechnya, the conflict in the Kodori Gorge), and was wounded on the battlefield.
On December 11, the name of Lieutenant General Valery Asapov was assigned to secondary school No. 8 in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
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Dvornikov Alexander VladimirovichRank: Colonel General. Position before Syria: Position after Syria: Commander of the Southern Military District
He was sent to Syria from the very beginning of Operation Retaliation (September 29, 2015), and stayed there for nine months. During this time, Palmyra was liberated for the first time, an offensive was carried out in the east of Aleppo and in the province of Latakia, and battles were fought for the provinces of Sheikh Miskin and Deir ez-Zor. According to the official version of the Russian Ministry of Defense, at the time the militants controlled more than 70% of the territory of Syria. Under him, Vladimir Putin for the first time announced a reduction in the forces and means of the group of Russian troops in Syria. On March 17, 2016, Vladimir Putin awarded General Dvornikov the title of Hero of Russia. In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, he said that he considered “the increased morale of the Syrian people in general and government troops in particular” to be “a very important result of the military operation.”
In addition to the state award, General Dvornikov first became acting, and from September 20, 2016, commander of the troops of the Southern Military District. The promotion was recognition of his services in Syria: before his deployment, he served as deputy commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District and first deputy commander of the troops of the Central Military District. Fought in Chechnya. He is on the EU sanctions list due to his participation in the operation to annex Crimea to Russia.
Photo: Alexey Druzhinin
Zhuravlev Alexander Alexandrovich
Rank: Colonel General. Position before Syria: First Deputy Commander of the Central Military District. Position after Syria: Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (since January 2017), Commander of the Eastern Military District (since November 2017)
He arrived in Syria in September 2015, receiving the position of chief of staff of the group. When General Dvornikov returned from the republic in September 2016, General Zhuravlev led the group. He remained in this position until December. During this time, the VKS participated in the attack on Aleppo, but at the same time the radical Islamists managed to recapture Palmyra. Based on the totality of his merits, Alexander Zhuravlev was awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Subsequently, he received promotions: first he became deputy chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, and nine months later - commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District. He served in the Far East since the mid-90s, where he rose from chief of staff of a tank regiment to commander of a motorized rifle division. In 2008–2010 - Chief of Staff of the 58th Combined Arms Army (Vladikavkaz), since 2010 he commanded the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army (Samara). In 2015, he was first deputy commander of the Central Military District, then transferred to the Southern Military District. Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree and the Order of Suvorov.
The media reported that by the end of 2017 he would have to return to Syria again (to reduce the group that had completed the tasks), but this information has not yet received official confirmation.
Photo: Andrey Pronin
Rank: Colonel General. Position before Syria: Commander of the Western Military District. Position after Syria: Commander of the Western Military District
Commanded a group of Russian troops in Syria from December 19, 2016 to March 1, 2017. He took part in the development of a plan to return Palmyra to the control of government forces. In an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, the general admitted that not only Russian aviation played a special role in the liberation of Palmyra, but also special operations forces who conducted reconnaissance and hit the most important targets. By the beginning of Operation Retribution, he headed the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (responsible for planning the use of the army), after which he was promoted to commander of the Western Military District. Later he was sent to Syria.
On February 16, 2015, he was included by the European Union in the “sanctions list”, whose members are subject to asset freezes and visa restrictions. He also has a large number of awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (with swords), the Medal for the Return of Crimea, the Medal for Participation in the Counter-Terrorism Operation of the FSB of the Russian Federation, as well as the Order of Merit for Karachaevo -Circassian Republic." General Kartapolov often spoke publicly: he gave an interview at the beginning of 2015, where he promised Russian military bases in Syria, talked about a business trip in the Arab Republic, and after returning to Russia he hosted a parade of troops of the St. Petersburg garrison in honor of the 72nd anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Patriotic War on May 9 on Palace Square.
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Rank: Colonel General. Position before Syria: Commander of the Eastern Military District. Position after Syria: Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Has been in Syria since March 2017. He arrived there in the status of commander of the Eastern Military District, but already in November he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation, becoming the first combined arms general to lead this type of troops. The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly stated that under the command of General Surovikin, it was possible to achieve a significant turning point in the fight against the Islamic State terrorists and liberate over 98% of the territory of Syria, including the cities of Deir ez-Zor and Mayadin. The media widely covered the story of the release of 28 military police officers who were surrounded by Islamists in September 2017 in Idlib. “Severe,” as General Surovikin’s colleagues call him, was able to qualitatively increase the level of interaction between ground forces, aviation, air defense and space forces to accomplish assigned tasks. According to his colleagues, Sergei Surovikin is a tough and principled commander who does not hesitate to defend his point of view. Initially, his business trip to Syria was supposed to last 3 months, but he still remains the commander of a group of Russian troops in the republic. According to some reports, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad personally asked to leave him in this position, believing that it was under the leadership of “Severe” that government forces managed to achieve maximum success in the fight against the Islamic State.
He was awarded numerous orders and medals, and was wounded three times (he took part in the Second Chechen War and in the armed conflict in Afghanistan). In October 2012, he was the only military man on the list of 100 most authoritative people in Russia according to VTsIOM.
Photo: Roman Danilkin
Rank: Major General Position before Syria: Commander of the 2nd Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District. Position after Syria: Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces (since November 2017)
He was noticed in Syria in September 2016, when he commented on the importance of the then departmental festival “Russian Army”: then the media called him the chief of staff of the group of Russian troops in Syria. Before his trip to the republic, he was the commander of the 2nd Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District (Samara), in 2015 he was the chief of staff of the 2nd Army, and previously served in the 27th Guards Division of Constant Readiness (Totsk) and the 20th Motorized Rifle Division (Volgograd).
On October 26, 2017, he was entrusted with speaking at the presentation ceremony in the Kremlin for officers appointed to senior command positions. Vladimir Putin was present at the ceremony. By presidential decree of November 22, 2017, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. The appointment was received by the troops with surprise, since the career growth (from the commander of the formation directly to the leadership of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces) was too sharp. However, he formally passed all the service levels required for appointment. The top leadership of the Ministry of Defense remembered it during the Zapad-2017 exercises, when its units were able to quickly transfer personnel and military equipment from Samara to the Kola Peninsula. General Zhidko has departmental awards. The tankman is just like his new boss, the head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov.
Photo: Evgeny Pereverzev
Rank: Lieutenant General Position before Syria: First Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military District. Position after Syria: Commander of the Central Military District
He was sent to Syria together with Sergei Surovikin in March 2017, where he was the chief of staff of a group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces. He had worked with General Surovikin before: in 2014 he was appointed to the position of chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Eastern Military District. Following the results of the Syrian business trip, on November 22, 2017, the president appointed General Lapin to the post of commander of the troops of the Central Military District; for him, such an appointment means a promotion in both position and rank. He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (with swords), the Order of Military Merit, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree and other awards.
General Lapin's service record includes the second Chechen war and several counter-terrorism operations in Dagestan. “My life does not belong to me. And I don’t belong to myself - ever since I went to serve the Motherland, the Fatherland, the people,” the general said in an interview with Voenternet in 2013. After graduating from the Armored Academy, he was sent to the 58th Combined Arms Army of the North Caucasus Military District, where he served as commander of a separate tank battalion. Since 1999, he became chief of staff, then commander of the separate 429th motorized rifle regiment of the 19th motorized rifle division, stationed (Mozdok, North Ossetia).
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Rank: Major General Position before Syria: Head of the Combat Training Directorate of the Western Military District Headquarters. Position after Syria: was seriously injured, no status information available
Arrived in Syria with commander Andrei Kartapolov in December 2016. He was responsible for the development of combat operations of Russian and Syrian units, and monitored the implementation of tasks. He became the first Russian general to be seriously injured during the Syrian campaign. On February 16, 2017, he and five servicemen were moving in a Tiger armored vehicle along the road from Tiyas airfield towards Homs province. Military advisers had to assess the condition and training of the fighters of the Syrian army, which was resisting radical Islamists. The "Tiger" managed to drive 4 kilometers away from Tiyas, but was blown up by a radio-controlled landmine; in addition, the convoy itself, in which the "Tiger" was traveling, was fired upon by militants. Four of the six people in the armored vehicle died, but Pyotr Milyukhin was among the survivors - as a result of the explosion, he lost both legs and one eye. He was given first aid at the Khmeimim airbase, his condition was maintained there for a week, and then he was transported to the Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital, where he spent several months.
Before his trip to Syria, General Milyukhin was the head of the combat training department of the headquarters of the Western Military District. There is no information about whether he received any award for his actions in the republic.
Photo: Sergey Krasnoukhov
Rank: Lieutenant General Position before Syria: Commander of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District. Position after Syria: died September 23, 2017
The highest-ranking officer whose death in Syria was officially recognized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. He died on September 23, 2017, when he came under mortar fire from Islamic State militants (banned in the Russian Federation) in the province of Deir ez-Zor. He was the senior group of Russian military advisers. That day he was at the command post of the 5th Volunteer Assault Corps of the Syrian Arab Army, assisting local commanders in planning and directing the operation to cross the Euphrates. Eyewitnesses said that “the general was literally torn into pieces, there was nothing left of the man.”
Before his trip to Syria, Valery Asapov was the commander of the 5th Red Banner Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District (Ussuriysk, Primorsky Territory) in 2016–2017. He had combat experience (two campaigns in Chechnya, the conflict in the Kodori Gorge), and was wounded on the battlefield. After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy, he was appointed to the post of deputy commander of a separate parachute regiment as part of the peacekeeping forces in Abkhazia. After graduating from the General Staff Military Academy, he became the commander of the 37th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 36th Army of the Eastern Military District, which took part in three international exercises with military personnel from Mongolia and India. In 2013, President Vladimir Putin awarded Valery Asapov the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. The name of the deceased general has repeatedly appeared in the media in connection with military operations in the Donbass. Ukrainian intelligence accused General Asapov of “participating in a military conflict in south-eastern Ukraine.” He was posthumously presented to the Order of Courage.
Photo: Mikhail Voskresensky
Rank: Colonel General. Position before Syria: Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. Position after Syria: Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces
Arrived to the post of deputy commander for the commandant's offices of the Russian Armed Forces group in Syria on March 30, 2016. The last official position was Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces (appointed by presidential decree in July 2013), the penultimate was Deputy Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces (2009-2013). General Lentsov was noted in many armed conflicts. For example, he participated in the Afghan War (he was an instructor in airborne training, during two years of commanding a reconnaissance group he did not lose a single fighter), in the Bosnian War (he was the commander of a unit of Russian peacekeepers).
Participant of two Chechen campaigns, fought in South Ossetia in August 2008. Together with Alexander Vyaznikov, he was in Donbass: he headed the Russian group at the joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire issues in Soledar and Debaltsevo (Donetsk region). He has departmental and state awards of the Russian Federation and the USSR. Officer of the American Legion of Merit, awarded to "members of friendly nations for exceptional and distinguished service and achievements during emergency service." I received it before the events of 2014.
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Rank: Lieutenant General Position before Syria: Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces for Peacekeeping Operations and Collective Rapid Reaction Forces. Position after Syria: Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces for Peacekeeping Operations and Collective Rapid Reaction Forces
He took part in the Syrian campaign in the fall of 2017, holding a position in the center for the reconciliation of warring parties. His presence there was not officially advertised. The media reported that he died on October 6, 2017, when a Russian Mi-28N attack helicopter crashed, but this data was not confirmed. The Ministry of Defense says that reports of his death are untrue.
Alexander Vyaznikov was deputy commander of the Airborne Forces for peacekeeping operations and collective rapid reaction forces. In the early 2000s, he was the commander of the 108th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment (Novorossiysk), and then the 106th Guards Airborne Division (Tula). Ukrainian media accused General Vyaznikov of organizing military operations in Lugansk. But on December 17, 2014, he said that, by agreement with the Ukrainian side, the rotation of a group of Russian representatives in the southeast of Ukraine in the amount of 75 people “from the joint center for control and coordination of issues of maintaining the ceasefire” was completed. “I would like to remind you that the entry of Russian representatives into this center was due to the request of the Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine,” he noted.
No appointments of General Vyaznikov were reported after 2013.
At the end of 2017, we can draw the first conclusions about its results for the Russian Aerospace Forces. Let's consider the most significant supplies of weapons and military equipment to the Air Force and Air Defense Forces in 2017, the current state and prospects for the further development of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Deliveries of new and modernized equipment for the Russian Air Force in 2017.
In 2017, active deliveries of new aircraft and weapons continued under the State Defense Order, although in a smaller volume than in the record years of 2014-15.
This year, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant delivered 17 Su-30SM fighters to the troops. 5 of them entered service with naval aviation, at the 72nd naval aviation air base of the Baltic Fleet, stationed at the Chernyakhovsk airfield in the Kaliningrad region. Another 12 Su-30SM entered service with the 14th Fighter Aviation Regiment (IAP), stationed at the Khalino airfield, Kursk region. At the same time, the last fighter delivered to this air regiment, which completed the formation of the first squadron of the regiment, equipped with Su-30SM fighters, became the hundredth aircraft of this type transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces. At the end of 2016, the 14th Fighter Regiment began re-equipping from existing MiG-29SMT fighters (built in 2008) to Su-30SM. Apparently, in 2018, the rearmament of the regiment will continue, and the MiG-29SMT will be transferred to other aviation units.
In total, 100 Su-30SM fighters have been delivered to combat units at the moment, of which 80 are part of the air regiments of the Russian Air Force, and another 20 are part of the naval aviation formations. By 2020, delivery of 116 Su-30SM fighters is planned - 88 for the air force and 28 for naval aviation.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after. Gagarin in 2017 transferred 10 Su-35S fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces. All 10 fighters were part of the 159th Fighter Regiment, stationed at the Besovets airbase in Karelia. Another 2 Su-35S fighters, built in 2014, were transferred to this air regiment this year from the 23rd Fighter Air Regiment of the Eastern Military District, stationed at the Dzemgi airfield. Until the end of 2015, the 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment was one of the few Russian aviation units operating non-modernized Soviet-made equipment - the regiment operated “basic” Su-27P fighters. In 2016, the regiment began re-equipment with the latest Su-35S fighters and received the first 10 aircraft of this type. Thus, at the moment this air regiment operates 22 Su-35S fighters, 4 of which are part of the Russian Aerospace Forces group in Syria. In 2018, the re-equipment of the regiment with the Su-35S is expected to be completed, and the existing Su-27P and Su-27SM have been transferred to other aviation units. The total number of Su-35S fighters in the Russian Aerospace Forces has reached 68 units.
From January to November 2017, the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant transferred 12 Su-34 bombers to combat units. In 2017, it is planned to deliver 16 bombers of this type to the troops. The remaining 4 will probably be transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces at the very end of December, or at the beginning of 2018. The aircraft transferred by the plant to the customer were sent to the bomber air regiments of the Western and Eastern Military Districts. Currently, the Russian Aerospace Forces have more than 9 Su-34 squadrons, which include 110 aircraft, including 7 pre-production ones. In the coming years, as expected, the number of Su-34s in the Russian Aerospace Forces will be increased to 150-200 aircraft, which will completely replace all outdated Su-24M front-line bombers in a one-to-one ratio.
Currently, it is known that 6 Yak-130 training aircraft have been delivered. A total of 10 Yak-130s were planned for delivery in 2017. Taking into account the machines delivered this year, the number of aircraft of this type in the Russian Aerospace Forces has reached 92 units, of which 42 are part of the 209th training air base in Borisoglebsk, and 40 are part of the 200th training air base in Armavir.
The Russian Helicopters Concern reported on the full implementation of the State Defense Order for 2017, having supplied several dozen Ka-52, Mi-28N, Mi-35M combat helicopters, Mi-8AMTSh, Mi-8MTV-5, Ka-226 transport helicopters, as well as training helicopters "Ansat-U", and began work on the State Defense Order for 2018.
Work is actively underway to modernize the existing aircraft fleet of the Russian Air Force. It is known that at the end of August, the Nizhny Novgorod Aviation Plant "Sokol" transferred 5 modernized MiG-31BM fighter-interceptors to the troops at the beginning of January 2017, not counting the 6 transferred at the beginning of the year under the armament program for 2016. All MiG-31BMs transferred this year became part of the 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, stationed at the Central Angular airbase near Vladivostok. Another 6 interceptors, repaired and upgraded to the MiG-31BSM version, entered service with the 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment near Perm.
Modernization of the Long-Range Aviation fleet continues. This year, one modernized Tu-160 strategic bomber and two modernized Tu-95MSM bombers were transferred to Long-Range Aviation. The fleet of Tu-22M3 long-range bombers is being actively modernized to the level of the Tu-22M3M.
Work on the creation of new types of aircraft and weapons.
In 2017, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant built the eighth, ninth and tenth prototypes of the promising 5th generation fighter PAK FA, which received the “official” designation Su-57. The first flight of the ninth Su-57 prototype (tail number “510”) took place on December 23, 2017, by coincidence, somewhat later than the tenth, which took place on December 5, 2017. The latest Su-57 prototypes are already equipped with the so-called. “second stage engines” - type 30. The flight of the ninth PAK FA prototype completes the program for building prototypes for testing the Russian 5th generation fighter. From 2018, it is expected that the production of pre-production fighters will begin and the development of new fighters will begin at the Lipetsk Center for the Combat Application of Aviation, as well as the establishment of mass production of the Su-57.
In 2017, the Kazan Aviation Plant completed the construction of the first experimental strategic bomber Tu-160M2. Testing is due to begin in February 2018.
On November 18, 2017, the newest A-100 Premier long-range radar detection aircraft made its first flight and its testing program began. The start of serial production of new Russian AWACS aircraft is expected by 2020.
Experimental Machine-Building Plant named after. V.M. Myasishchev in 2017, 3 newest “heavy” electronic warfare aircraft Il-22PP, created on the basis of Il-18 aircraft, with a powerful complex of electronic jammers “Porubshchik” were transferred, which significantly strengthened the group of electronic warfare aircraft of the Russian Air Force and provided a new level of electronic warfare . From 2018, it is planned to begin production of new electronic warfare aircraft equipped with the Porubshchik complex based on the Tu-214.
In 2017, the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern completed the execution of a contract for the supply of sets of personal protection jamming stations SAP-518 of the Khibiny-10V complex for Su-34 aircraft. Currently, all Su-34 aircraft in the Russian Air Force are equipped with electronic countermeasures. Active work is underway to equip Su-35 and Su-30SM fighters with individual protection jamming stations for the Khibiny complex, as well as the production of SAP-14 Tarantul container group protection jamming stations for Su-34 bombers.
The Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation is working to create new types of high-precision weapons. In particular, at the MAKS-2017 air show, the management of KTRV announced that by the end of the year the first deliveries to the Air Force of new KAB-250 guided bombs with a laser homing head and Grom guided glide bombs would begin. KTRV is also completing the development of the latest modular missile X-38 with a laser homing head, and the development of a version of this missile with a television homing head is in the final stage.
The new Kh-SD medium-range cruise missile for Tu-22M3 bombers and tactical aircraft is in the final stage of work. According to unconfirmed reports, this missile will have the index X-50. The start of state testing of the new missile is scheduled for 2018. It is expected that the X-50's capabilities will be equivalent to the American AGM-158 JASSM-ER tactical missiles.
Supply of new weapons for air defense troops and radio engineering troops.
In 2017, the air defense forces received 4 anti-aircraft missile regiments of two divisions, equipped with the latest S-400 anti-aircraft missile system. New S-400 anti-aircraft missile regiments will go on combat duty in the Saratov and Leningrad regions, Primorye and Crimea. In addition, one S-400 division was assigned to an anti-aircraft missile regiment in the Arkhangelsk region. Thus, at the moment, the Russian Aerospace Forces have 23 regiments and 48 divisions of the S-400 air defense system, with planned deliveries until 2020 of 28 regiments with a total of 56 divisions. In 2018, the Russian Aerospace Forces expect to receive another 5 S-400 anti-aircraft missile regiments from the Almaz-Antey concern.
In mid-2017, it was announced that Russian air defense units, in addition to the S-400, would receive 4 divisions of modernized S-300PM1 air defense systems (all S-300PM air defense systems were upgraded to this version by 2013) to the S-300PM2 Favorit-S level. It was also reported that the air defense forces should receive several batteries of the Pantsir-S air defense system (the battery includes 6 combat vehicles). The exact number of Pantsirs delivered in 2017 is not known, but in the report of the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov on November 7, 2017, dedicated to the results of military development of the RF Armed Forces over the past 5 years, the figure of 19 Pantsir-S batteries transferred was announced to the troops.
Two anti-aircraft missile brigades of the ground forces received the latest Buk-M3 air defense systems, and another brigade received the Buk-M2 air defense system.
In 2017, the first prototype of the Pantsir-SM air defense system was manufactured, testing of which should begin in 2018. Compared to the Pantsir-S, the Pantsir-SM will be armed with new anti-aircraft guided missiles with a doubled destruction zone in range and altitude, the latest radar with a significantly increased target detection range, as well as a new target tracking station, providing simultaneous guidance of twice as much number of missiles compared to the Pantsir-S target tracking station. The Pantsir-SM will also have an increased ammunition load for anti-aircraft missiles.
The start of testing of the promising S-500 Prometheus aerospace defense system is planned for 2018.
In 2017, aviation industry enterprises successfully completed most of the planned deliveries of aviation equipment and weapons to the troops within the framework of the State Defense Reserve. In 2018, as expected, aircraft supplies will be even higher, because... In addition to the implementation of the State Armaments Program (SAP) until 2020, the implementation of a new SAP will begin, designed for 2018-2025, and in this new program, as the commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Viktor Bondarev, said, “aviation was not offended.”
Pavel Rumyantsev
"not being from the Air Force or Space Force is not a barrier,"
A positive factor too.
I judge from my own experience: the “comrades” who came to power in my organization from parallel structures (RAO Russian Railways) are putting incredible efforts and wild imagination into destabilizing the work of my institution.
"According to colleagues' reviews, Sergei Surovikin is a very tough and principled commander, not shy to defend their point of view. "
I'm the boss, are you all fools?
I believe that this is mostly the creative presentation of journalists. And this production itself looks somewhat chaotic. Defending your point of view to your subordinates does not require any adherence to principles.
At one time, while working in a large Russian holding, discussing significant issues of structural changes at a planning meeting, in some situations I had to hear something like this direct speech from the director: “I somehow didn’t understand who the director is here.” The problem of controllability of large organizations exists, as well as the organization of non-sham feedback aimed at obtaining a positive result. Quite sensible ideas can be taken to the point of absurdity, and it is not always appropriate to project patterns of personal experience without reference to the conditions of a specific situation.
and was promoted to rank by personal order of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Understanding the actions Captain Surovikin, Yeltsin directly said “... and release Major Surovikin immediately.” Thereby making it clear which promotes him in rank for exemplary performance of military duty"
Interesting Facts
Police Colonel Vladimir Slepak, a famous author and performer of his own songs, dedicated the song “Divisional Commander” to his friend and brother in arms Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin.
To all ranks, except for the lieutenant colonel, Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin introduced himself ahead of schedule. He became the division's chief of staff and colonel at the age of 32.
If you mean that he was promoted to major, then I believe that everything is correct here. But I have a completely different attitude towards those who clearly undeservedly received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in this situation.
This is apparently just the work of cartoonists from Wikipedia Shirley Myrley, and for whose benefit they are doing this, you can also think about it if you wish
Lieutenant General Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin was born in 1966 in the city of Novosibirsk into a family of employees. After studying at a secondary educational institution, he entered and graduated with a gold medal from the Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command School in 1987, with honors from the M.V. Frunze Military Academy in 1995 and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2002.
He began his officer career in special forces, where he performed international duty on the territory of the Republic of Afghanistan. He passed all the main military positions from the commander of a motorized rifle platoon to the commander of the combined arms army of the Moscow Military District. During his service, he changed several districts and garrisons - the Volga region, the Urals, the North Caucasus, the Republic of Tajikistan.
Sergei Surovikin led troops during the Chechen military campaigns. Since 2009 - Head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In January 2010, he was appointed chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Volga-Ural Military District, later the Central Military District.
At that moment, the commander of the 149th regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin, makes an immediate decision to conduct a rescue operation. Since the depth and size of the mudflow did not allow conventional vehicles to reach the disaster site, they began to fight their way to the disaster site in tanks. The scale of the disaster was such that even tanks could hardly cope with the onslaught of the elements. Heading the column, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Surovikin, together with the crew of the first vehicle, using equipment for underwater driving of tanks, crossed the mud barrier along the bottom. The commander's personal example and decisive actions helped the personnel fulfill their duty without loss.
During the operation, servicemen of Sergei Surovikin’s regiment took 34 children and 55 village residents to safety. Only later, at the end of the operation, doctors stated that the soldiers and officers suffered severe hypothermia and some even required hospitalization.
On March 11, 2005, the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division received an order to conduct a special operation to destroy a group of militants in the area south of the village of Khatuni; together with an armored group from the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment, the operational headquarters headed by General Surovikin left to lead the operation. While following the road to the village of Khatuni, a landmine exploded under the armored personnel carriers in front covering the headquarters vehicle of the division commander. Despite the concussion he received, Sergei Surovikin and his officers began to assist the crew of the burning car, which saved them from imminent death. Having transferred the wounded to the ambulance armored personnel carrier, the column continued to move to the area of the upcoming events and successfully carried out an operation to destroy the bandits.
For successfully carried out operations, personal courage and bravery, General Surovikin was repeatedly awarded state awards.
Surovikin had an order to move to a certain point and ensure the protection of government facilities. Because politics is politics, but during large-scale protests a huge number of people want to rob take to the streets. In such cases it is impossible to do without armed guards. The military must arrive at the specified location. Simply put - physically get there. You cannot stand in their way - they are obliged to carry out the order under any circumstances, incl. and overcome any obstacle to completing the combat mission. This is not a drill. This is real military action.
As for the reaction of the country's first president to the actions of Captain Surovikin in August 1991, it is enough to recall one detail. Yeltsin personally gave the order for the release of Major Surovikin. Yes, I didn’t make a mistake, Boris Nikolaevich said exactly that: “...and release Major Surovikin immediately.” Thus, making it clear that he was promoting him in rank for exemplary performance of military duty.
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Due to the fact that the case caused a great public outcry, Vek received a video recording of Leonid Volkov’s interview. The entire recording lasts more than an hour and, of course, there is no point in posting it in its entirety. We decided to pay attention to separate fragments where the police officer writes down Volkov’s answers, which talk about the same thing (clarifying questions on the same topics were asked throughout Volkov’s interview). These fragments raised questions in us, which we will voice in this material.
In addition, we received copies of some documents, which we also publish.
Law enforcement agencies, naturally, already at the preliminary stage (the survey of Leonid Volkov) realized that the deputy’s statements about threats against him were “dummy”, a fake, in the language of Internet users. Or - a lie, if you call a spade a spade. However, law enforcement officers conscientiously “followed the signal” and asked Yekaterinburg City Duma deputy Leonid Volkov to provide them with details of calls for the period when he allegedly received calls from “well-wishers” warning of threats. Volkov promised. And he didn’t just promise, but wrote about it in the protocol with his own hand.
On April 21, 2004, at about 6 p.m., Deputy Commander of the Regional Military District, Lieutenant General Stolyarov A.N. Based on the results of the inspection, he arrived at the headquarters of unit 61423 in the office of the commander of the specified unit, Major General S.V. Surovikin, where, in order to report the discovered deficiencies and determine the time frame for their elimination, he called Surovikin and his deputy for armaments, Colonel A.A. Shtakal.
The recruits of the engineering battalion who participated in the exercises, called up in April-May, managed to install a pontoon bridge in 4.5 hours during training, and in 18 minutes during the exercises themselves. That is, even in a short time you can manage to train specialists who will professionally perform their duties.
As the press service of the Central Military District reported, the chief of staff of the Central Military District, Lieutenant General Sergei Surovikin, took an active part in the preparation and conduct of the Vostok-2010 exercises.
Possessing brilliant theoretical training, he went through almost all the “hot spots” in which the army has taken part in the last twenty years: from Tajikistan to Chechnya, and has military awards. It is no coincidence that he was once appointed to head the Main Operational Directorate (GOU) of the General Staff of the country's Defense Ministry. By the way, the general is sometimes reproached for his tough leadership style and excessive demands on his subordinates. Another thing is that it is simply impossible to do without this in the army, since the cost of the decisions made is too high - the lives of tens and hundreds of people. Both the commander of the Central Military District Vladimir Chirkin and Lieutenant General Sergei Surovikin at one time headed the 42nd division in Chechnya. So the command of the Central Military District is in experienced and professional hands.
The NEWEST modification of the mobile computer center allows for twice the gain in accuracy, mobility, and efficiency in command and control of troops compared to the previously used TsBU-3. The chief of staff of the 20th Army of the Guard, Major General, told us about this Sergey Surovikin.
– Previously, we worked on maps, typing commands manually. And now automated workstations allow you to see everything on the computer screen and transmit information in a matter of seconds,” the general added.
Fixed-volume machines can accommodate four or five operators, but variable-volume equipment, in other words, sliding kungs, can accommodate up to 12 people. And this despite the fact that it can be deployed and prepared for work in just two hours by the crew working on it.
Who needed to discredit the military general? Apparently, for those who do not benefit from establishing order in the Armed Forces, because in conditions of disorder it is much easier to fish in troubled waters. And any order is like a bone in their throat. It’s funny, but such a reaction from the relevant people indicates that these people firmly know that General Surovikin is exactly the person who is able to restore order.
