• Source: Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces

      • The Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces (Russian: Командующий воздушно-десантными войсками России) is a general officer position that is tasked with leading the Russian Airborne Forces. The office is part of the Airborne Forces Command and reports to the Chief of the General Staff.


      History


      On 4 September 1941 the Directorate of the Commander of the Airborne Forces (VDV) of the Red Army was established. All of the Soviet airborne corps were transferred from the front commanders of the Red Army to be subordinated to the new organization, led by the Commander of the Airborne Forces. In October 1944 it was transferred from the Red Army to the Soviet Air Forces. In 1946 the VDV was placed under the direct command of the Ministry of Defense, then became part of the Soviet Ground Forces in 1956, before once again being made a separate combat arm in 1964.
      After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the modern Russian Airborne Forces were officially established on 7 May 1992 by presidential decree No. 466.
      In 1998 the Directorate of the Commander of the Airborne Forces was reorganized into the Airborne Forces Command.


      List of commanders




      Deputies and chiefs of staff


      Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander
      Nikolai Staskov (1998–2005)
      Valery Yevtukhovich (2005–2007)
      Nikolai Ignatov (2007–2019)
      Yevgeny Ustinov (2019–2022)
      Anatoly Kontsevoy (2022–present)
      First Deputy Commander
      Vasily Margelov (1959–1961)
      Dmitri Sukhorukov (1969–1971)
      Pavel Grachev (1990–1991)
      Osvaldas Pikauskas (1991–1995)
      Alexander Chindarov (1995–1997)
      Post abolished (1997–1998)
      Chief of Staff
      Yevgeny Podkolzin (1986–1991)
      Valery Belayev (1991–1998)


      References

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